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单词 fond
释义

fond

See also: fonds, Fonds, and Fond

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɒnd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /fɑnd/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒnd
  • 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).
    • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:
      more fond on her than she upon her love
    • 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], OCLC 864083:
      a great traveller, and fond of telling his adventures
    I am fond of this song!
  2. Affectionate.
    a fond farewell
    a fond mother or wife
  3. Indulgent.
    • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace‎:
      “The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]”
    I have fond grandparents who spoil me.
  4. Outlandish; foolish; silly.
    Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.
  5. (obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:
      If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent
      to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes near
      nobody.
    • c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
      Grant I may never prove so fond
      To trust man on his oath or bond.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
      [T]hou seest
      How suttly to detaine thee I devise,
      Inviting thee to hear while I relate,
      Fond, were it not in hope of thy reply …
    • 1669, John Dryden, Tyrannic Love, III.ii:
      But reason with your fond religion fights,
      For many gods are many infinites …
    • 1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Midnight Mass For the Dying Year
      The foolish, fond Old Year,
  6. (obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.
    • 1812–1818, Lord Byron, “Canto XCI”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. , London: John Murray,, (please specify the stanza number):
      Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:affectionate
Derived terms
  • fondly
  • fondness
  • overfond
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.
    • 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
      The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.
Synonyms
  • (to caress): grope, pet, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle
Derived terms
  • fondle
Translations
be fond of, like — see like

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.
    He used the fond to make a classic French pan sauce.
  3. (information science) A group of records having shared provenance.
  4. (obsolete) Foundation; bottom; groundwork.
  5. (obsolete) Fund, stock, or store.
Translations
foundation — see foundation
stock — see stock

Czech

Etymology

From French fond.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfont]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

fond m

  1. fund

Derived terms

  • akciový fond m
  • dluhopisový fond m
  • investiční fond m
  • otevřený fond m
  • penzijní fond m
  • podílový fond m
  • růstový fond m
  • uzavřený fond m
  • výnosový fond m

Further reading

  • fond in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • fond in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • fond in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology 1

From French fond, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. Cognate with Danish bund.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfʌnˀd̥]
  • 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): [ˈfʌnˀd̥], [ˈfʌŋ]

Noun

fond c (singular definite fonden, plural indefinite fonder)

  1. stock, broth
Inflection
Declension of fond
common
gender		SingularPlural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativefondfondenfonderfonderne
genitivefondsfondensfondersfondernes

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔ̃/
  • audio(file)
  • Homophone: font

Etymology 1

From Old French, from Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn.

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
  • à fond
  • à fond la caisse
  • à fond les manettes
  • au fond
  • avoir les dents du fond qui baignent
  • de fond
  • de fond en comble
  • détournement de fonds
  • du fond du cœur
  • envoyer par le fond
  • fondation
  • fond de court
  • fond d'écran
  • fond de teint
  • fondement
  • fonder
  • fonds de commerce
  • fonds de pension
  • fonds de placement
  • fonds d'investissement
  • ligne de fond
  • paraski de fond
  • puits sans fond
  • racler les fonds de tiroirs
  • ski de fond
  • toile de fond
  • toile de fond
  • toucher le fond
Descendants
  • → Bulgarian: фонд (fond)
  • → Czech: fond
  • → Dutch: fonds
  • → English: fund
  • → German: Fonds
  • → Norwegian: fond
  • → Russian: фонд (fond)
  • → Scots: fond
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: фо̏нд
    Latin: fȍnd
  • → Swedish: fond
  • → Turkish: fon
  • → Ukrainian: фонд (fond)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fond

  1. third-person singular present indicative of fondre

Further reading

  • “fond”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • fonjad

Etymology

fon +‎ -d

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfond]
  • 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

Borrowed from Italian fondo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔnt/

Adjective

fond (feminine singular fonda, plural fondi)

  1. deep
    Synonyms: għammieq, profond

Derived terms

  • fannad

Noun

fond m

  1. depth (that which is deep below; the deepest part)
    Synonyms: għamieq, profondità
  2. base; bottom
  3. fund

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English fēond.

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

Declension of fond
singularplural
indefinite articulationdefinite articulationindefinite articulationdefinite articulation
nominative/accusative(un) fondfondul(niște) fondurifondurile
genitive/dative(unui) fondfondului(unor) fondurifondurilor
vocativefondulefondurilor

Derived terms

  • în fond (“essentially, basically”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French fond.

Noun

fȍnd m (Cyrillic spelling фо̏нд)

  1. fund

Declension

Declension of fond
singularplural
nominativefondfondovi
genitivefondafondova
dativefondufondovima
accusativefondfondove
vocativefondefondovi
locativefondufondovima
instrumentalfondomfondovima

Swedish

Etymology

From French fond.

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Noun

fond c

  1. fund [since 1715]
  2. backdrop; a theatrical scenery [since 1783]
  3. ("Kitchen French") broth [since 1979]

Declension

Declension of fond 
SingularPlural
IndefiniteDefiniteIndefiniteDefinite
Nominativefondfondenfonderfonderna
Genitivefondsfondensfondersfondernas
fund
  • fondera
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