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fondue
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)
- 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)
- 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
- Alternative form of fondyy.
Declension
or
French
Etymology
From fondre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??.dy/
Adjective
fondue
- feminine singular of fondu
Noun
fondue f (plural fondues)
- fondue
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fondue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Adjective
fondue
- feminine singular of fondu
Polish
Etymology
From French fondue.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f???di/
Noun
fondue n (indeclinable)
- 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)
- fondue (dish of molten cheese)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French fondue.
Noun
fondue f (plural fondues)
- fondue (dish)
Further reading
- “fondue” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
fondue From the web:
fondant
English
Etymology 1
19th century. From French fondant (“melting”), from fondre (“to melt”), from Latin fundere (“to melt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?nd?nt/, /f?n?d?nt/, /f???d??/, /f???d??/
Noun
fondant (countable and uncountable, plural fondants)
- (usually uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.
- 2011, David Jones, Candy Making For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (?ISBN)
- To produce most types of fondant, you cook sugar, corn syrup, and water and beat the cooled mixture into a creamy paste. You may find a fondant recipe that includes other ingredients, but the three primary ingredients are the ones listed here.
- 2011, David Jones, Candy Making For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (?ISBN)
- (countable) A candy filled with such a preparation.
- (food) A sugar dough, usually prepared as large sheets (rolled fondant), used in place of icing to cover large areas of cakes, composed of sugar, water, gelatin, glycerine.
- 2012, Kathryn Williams, Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous, Henry Holt and Company (BYR) (?ISBN), page 182:
- Stan made a heroic attempt at a tiered cinnamon cake with a rolled fondant icing that came out gray and tore when he draped it over the cake.
- 2012, Kathryn Williams, Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous, Henry Holt and Company (BYR) (?ISBN), page 182:
- (usually uncountable) Fondue.
- (usually uncountable) The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion.
Derived terms
Translations
Related terms
- fondue
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
fondant (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Stooping, as for prey: said of an eagle, a falcon, etc.
Further reading
- fondant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Fondant on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Fondant au chocolat on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowing from French fondant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?n?d?nt/
- Hyphenation: fon?dant
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
fondant m or n (plural fondants, diminutive fondantje n)
- (Netherlands) fondant (sugary substance)
- (Belgium) dark chocolate
Derived terms
- fondantsuiker
Finnish
Etymology
< French fondant
Noun
fondant
- Alternative term for fondantti.
Usage notes
- Finnish and English "fondant" do not mean same things.
Declension
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??.d??/
Verb
fondant
- present participle of fonder
- present participle of fondre
Adjective
fondant (feminine singular fondante, masculine plural fondants, feminine plural fondantes)
- melting
- melt in the mouth
Noun
fondant m (plural fondants)
- fondant (all senses)
Romanian
Etymology
From French fondant.
Adjective
fondant m or n (feminine singular fondant?, masculine plural fondan?i, feminine and neuter plural fondante)
- melting
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fon?dant/, [fõn??d?ãn?t?]
Noun
fondant m (plural fondants)
- fondant (confectionery)
fondant From the web:
- what fondant
- what fondant taste like
- what fondant is made of
- what fondant tastes the best
- what fondant colors make brown
- what fondant cake
- what fondant is best for cakes
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