different between fondness vs rapport

English

Etymology

From Middle English fondnes, fondnesse, fonnednesse, equivalent to fond +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?ndn?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?ndn?s/
• Hyphenation: fond?ness

Noun

fondness (countable and uncountable, plural fondnesses)

1. The quality of being fond: liking something, foolishness; doting affection; propensity.
   • 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xvii:

     I stopped taking the sweets and condiments I had got from home. The mind having taken a different turn, the fondness for condiments wore away, and I now relished the boiled spinach which in Richmond tasted insipid, cooked without condiments. Many such experiments taught me that the real seat of taste was not the tongue but the mind.

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ?p??/, /?æ?po??/, /???po??/, /???p??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Noun

rapport (countable and uncountable, plural rapports)

1. A relationship of mutual trust and respect. A close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.
2. Relation; proportion; conformity.

   Synonyms: accord, correspondence

Related terms

• en rapport
• rapportage

Translations

Further reading

• “rapport”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Noun

rapport c (singular definite rapporten, plural indefinite rapporter)

1. a report (information describing events)

Inflection

Synonyms

• rapportering

Related terms

• rapportere
• rapportering
• rapportør

See also

• reportage

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rapport, from Middle French rapport.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??p?rt/
• Hyphenation: rap?port
• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

rapport n (plural rapporten, diminutive rapportje n)

1. a report

Derived terms

• rapporteren
• eindrapport
• schoolrapport

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rapport
• Indonesian: lapor, rapor

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.p??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: rapports

Noun

rapport m (plural rapports)

1. ratio
2. report
3. relationship

Derived terms

• aucun rapport avec la choucroute
• par rapport à
• rapport de force
• rapport sexuel

Descendants

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Noun

rapport m (plural rapports)

1. (Jersey) report

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Noun

rapport m (definite singular rapporten, indefinite plural rapporter, definite plural rapportene)

1. a report (on events)

Derived terms

• kvartalsrapport
• årsrapport

Related terms

• rapportere

References

• “rapport” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Noun

rapport m (definite singular rapporten, indefinite plural rapportar, definite plural rapportane)

1. a report (on events)

Derived terms

• kvartalsrapport
• årsrapport

References

• “rapport” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Pronunciation

Noun

rapport c

1. a report (information describing events)

Declension

Related terms

• rapportera
• rapportör
• reporter
• reportage

Anagrams

• trappor