different between fondu vs fondue

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fondu (“melted”).

Noun

fondu (countable and uncountable, plural fondus)

1. (printing) The graded shift from one color into another.
2. Alternative spelling of fondue
3. (ballet) Involving a lowering of the body by bending the knee of the supporting leg.

Anagrams

• Found., found

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin fundus.

Noun

fondu m (plural fondos)

1. depth

Adjective

fondu m sg (feminine singular fonda, neuter singular fondo, masculine plural fondos, feminine plural fondes)

1. deep

Esperanto

Verb

fondu

1. imperative of fondi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.dy/

Noun

fondu m (plural fondus)

1. fade
2. (film, video) fade

Derived terms

• fondu enchaîné

Verb

fondu m (feminine singular fondue, masculine plural fondus, feminine plural fondues)

1. past participle of fondre

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

fondu m

1. (Jersey) molten

Romanian

Etymology

From French fondu.

Noun

fondu n (plural fonduuri)

1. (film) fade

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fondue (“melted”), from fondre (“to melt”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?ndu?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f?n?du/

Noun

fondue (countable and uncountable, plural fondues)

1. A dish made of melted cheese, chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.

Translations

Verb

fondue (third-person singular simple present fondues, present participle fonduing or fondueing, simple past and past participle fondued)

1. To prepare or serve as a fondue.

See also

• fondue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Related terms

• fondant

Anagrams

• founde

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fondy?/, [?fo?ndy?]

Noun

fondue

1. Alternative form of fondyy.

Declension

or

French

Etymology

From fondre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.dy/

Adjective

fondue

1. feminine singular of fondu

Noun

fondue f (plural fondues)

1. fondue

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Norman

Adjective

fondue

1. feminine singular of fondu

Polish

Etymology

From French fondue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???di/

Noun

fondue n (indeclinable)

1. fondue (dish)

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French fondue.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fõ.?d??i/

Noun

fondue m or f (in variation) (plural fondues)

1. fondue (dish of molten cheese)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fondue.

Noun

fondue f (plural fondues)

1. fondue (dish)

Further reading

• “fondue” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.