different between fond vs tender

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f?nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Homophone: fawned (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English fond, fonned, past participle of fonnen (“to be foolish, be simple, dote”), equivalent to fon +? -ed. More at fon.

Adjective

fond (comparative fonder, superlative fondest)

1. (chiefly with of) Having a liking or affection (for).
   • a great traveller, and fond of telling his adventures

2. Affectionate.

3. Indulgent.

4. Outlandish; foolish; silly.

   Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.

5. (obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, sc. 1:

     If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent

     to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes near

     nobody.

   • 1605–06, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, sc. 2:

     Grant I may never prove so fond

     To trust man on his oath or bond.

   • 1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Midnight Mass For the Dying Year

     The foolish, fond Old Year,

6. (obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

fond (third-person singular simple present fonds, present participle fonding, simple past and past participle fonded)

1. (obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.
2. (obsolete) To caress; to fondle.

   • The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.

Synonyms

• (to caress): grope, pet, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle

Derived terms

• fondle

Translations

Etymology 2

From French, ultimately from Latin fundus. Doublet of fund and fundus.

Noun

fond (plural fonds)

1. The background design in lace-making.
2. (cooking) Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.

3. (information science) A group of records having shared provenance.
4. (obsolete) Foundation; bottom; groundwork.
5. (obsolete) Fund, stock, or store.

Translations

Czech

Etymology

From French fond

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?font]

Noun

fond m

1. fund

Derived terms

Further reading

• fond in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• fond in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

From French fond, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European *b?ud?m?n. Cognate with Danish bund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?n?d?]
• Homophone: font

Noun

fond c or n (singular definite fonden or fondet, plural indefinite fonde or fonder)

1. fund
2. foundation, donation

Etymology 2

From French fond, identical to the former word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?n?d?], [?f??]

Noun

fond c (singular definite fonden, plural indefinite fonder)

1. stock, broth

Inflection

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/

Etymology 1

From Old French, from Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ud?m?n.

Noun

fond m (plural fonds)

1. back
2. bottom
3. fund; funding
4. foundation
5. (figuratively) basics, essence
6. background
7. (cooking) base
8. (music) foundation stop on a pipe organ

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

fond

1. third-person singular present indicative of fondre

Further reading

• “fond” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• fonjad

Etymology

fon +? -d

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fond]
• Hyphenation: fond
• Rhymes: -ond

Verb

fond

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of fon

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin fundus.

Noun

fond m (plural fonds)

1. fund
2. bottom

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian fondo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?nt/

Adjective

fond (feminine singular fonda, plural fondi)

1. deep

   Synonyms: g?ammieq, profond

Derived terms

• fannad

Noun

fond m

1. depth (that which is deep below; the deepest part)

   Synonyms: g?amieq, profondità

2. base; bottom
3. fund

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English f?ond.

Noun

fond (plural fondes)

1. Alternative form of feend

Etymology 2

From fonnen +? -ed.

Adjective

fond

1. Alternative form of fonned

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French fond, from Latin fundus

Noun

fond n (definite singular fondet, indefinite plural fond, definite plural fonda or fondene)

1. a fund

Derived terms

• pensjonsfond

References

• “fond” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French fond, from Latin fundus

Noun

fond n (definite singular fondet, indefinite plural fond, definite plural fonda)

1. a fund

Derived terms

• pensjonsfond

References

• “fond” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fond, itself from Latin fundus. Doublet of the inherrited fund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fond/

Noun

fond n (plural fonduri)

1. fund
2. background
3. content, substance, essence

Declension

Derived terms

• în fond (“essentially, basically”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French fond

Noun

f?nd m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. fund

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From French fond

Pronunciation

Noun

fond c

1. fund
2. backdrop; a theatrical scenery
3. ("Kitchen French") broth

Declension

Related terms

fund

• fondera

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?n.d?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?n.d?/
  • (NYC) IPA^(key): /?t?n.d?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
• Hyphenation: ten?der
• Homophone: tinder (pin-pen merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tender, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).

Adjective

tender (comparative tenderer, superlative tenderest)

1. Sensitive or painful to the touch.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, All's Well that Ends Well, act III, scene 2:

     […] poore Lord, is't I
     That cha?e thee from thy Countrie, and expo?e
     Tho?e tender limbes of thine […]

   • 2006, Mike Myers (as the voice of the title character), Shrek (movie)

     Be careful: that area is tender.

2. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.

3. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.

   • the tender and delicate woman among you

4. (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
   • 2001, Joey Pantolino (character), The Matrix (movie)

     The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent, and juicy.

5. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
6. Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.

   • The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

   • 1645, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times

     I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper.

7. Young and inexperienced.
   • 2001 October 15, Appeals Court of Illinios (Second District) in Appelhans v. McFall:

8. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.

9. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Cunning

     Things that are tender and unpleasing.

10. (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
11. (obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
12. (obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
    • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

      tender of property

    • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to Societies

      The civil authority should be tender of the honour of God and religion.

Synonyms

• (soft, yielding, delicate): nesh
• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

tender (countable and uncountable, plural tenders)

1. (obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.
2. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.

Etymology 2

From Middle English tender, tendur, tendir, tendre, from the adjective (see above).

Adverb

tender (comparative more tender, superlative most tender)

1. tenderly

   Love me tender, love me sweet
   Never let me go

Etymology 3

From Middle English tendren, from the adjective (see above).

Verb

tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)

1. (now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
   • , vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233:

     To such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, […] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths […].

   • c. 1947, Putnam Fadeless Dyes [flyer packaged with granulated dye]:

     Putnam Fadeless Dyes will not injure any material. Boiling water does tender some materials. […] Also, silk fibers are very tender when wet and care should be take not to boil them too vigorously.

2. (archaic) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.
   • 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,^[1]

     The angrie king hath banished me the court:

     And therefore as thou louest and tendrest me,

     Be thou my aduocate vnto these peeres.

   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene 1 (First Folio edition):

     And ?o good Capulet, which name I tender

     As dearely as my owne, be ?atisfied.

Etymology 4

From tend +? -er.

Noun

tender (plural tenders)

1. (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
2. (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XII, p. 201, [2]

     Half the coal was out of the tender, half the fire out of the box, half the trucks were off the track, so violent was the stopping.

3. (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.

4. (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.

Synonyms

• (smaller boat): dinghy

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)

1. To work on a tender.

Etymology 5

From Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”).

Noun

tender (plural tenders)

1. Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.

   • Herein, the Bard plays with the word "tender" most liberally. The boldened instance of the word is that which pertains to the instant sense.

3. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.

5. (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.

6. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, Scene 3

     [...] if she should make tender of her love, 'tis very possible he'll scorn it; for the man,—as you know all,—hath a contemptible spirit.

Translations

See also

• legal tender
• put out to tender
• put out for tender

Verb

tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)

1. (formal) To offer, to give.
   • 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston

     I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
2. to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.

Synonyms

• offer

Derived terms

• tenderable
• tender something out

Translations

Anagrams

• enter'd, entred, rented, tendre

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English tender.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ten?der

Noun

tender m (plural tenders, diminutive tendertje n)

1. (finance) tender
2. (rail transport) coal-car

Synonyms

• (finance) aanbesteding

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: tender

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?nd?r]
• Hyphenation: tèn?dêr

Etymology 1

From Dutch tender, from English tender, from Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”).

Noun

tèndêr (first-person possessive tenderku, second-person possessive tendermu, third-person possessive tendernya)

1. (trading) tender, anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.

Derived terms

Compounds

Etymology 2

From Dutch tender, from English tender, tend +? -er

Noun

tèndêr (first-person possessive tenderku, second-person possessive tendermu, third-person possessive tendernya)

1. (transport) tender, a railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.

Further reading

• “tender” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Verb

tender

1. Apocopic form of tendere

Middle English

Noun

tender

1. Alternative form of tinder

Polish

Etymology

From English tender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?n.d?r/

Noun

tender m inan

1. (rail transport) tender (railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel)
2. (nautical) tender (ship functioning as mobile base for other ships)

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) tendrzak
• (adjective) tendrowy

Further reading

• tender in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tender in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tend?, from Proto-Italic *tend?, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /t?.?de?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t?.?de(?)/

Verb

tender (first-person singular present indicative tendo, past participle tendido)

1. to tend
2. to trend

Conjugation

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tend?, from Proto-Italic *tend?, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ten?de?/, [t??n??d?e?]

Verb

tender (first-person singular present tiendo, first-person singular preterite tendí, past participle tendido)

1. (intransitive) to tend to, to have a tendency
2. (transitive) to spread, to stretch out
3. (transitive) to lay (cable)
4. (transitive) to make (a bed)
5. (transitive) to hang up (clothes)
6. (transitive) to build (a bridge across an expanse)
7. (transitive) to extend (the hand)
8. (transitive) to floor (with a punch), to stretch out
9. (transitive) to cast (a net)
10. (transitive) to set (a trap)
11. (transitive) to coat (with plaster)
12. (reflexive) to lay oneself down

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tenderse
• tender una trampa (“to be set up, to be framed”)
• hay ropa tendida
• tendedero
• tendedor

Related terms