fondue
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from French fondue (“melted”), from fondre (“to melt”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɒnduː/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /fɑnˈdu/
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.
- a Swiss fondue
Derived terms
- fondue fork
Translations
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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
- fondu
Anagrams
- founde
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfondyː/, [ˈfo̞ndyː]
Noun
fondue
- Alternative form of fondyy.
Declension
Inflection of fondue (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | fondue | fonduet | |
genitive | fonduen | fondueiden fondueitten | |
partitive | fondueta | fondueita | |
illative | fonduehyn fonduehen | fondueihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | fondue | fonduet | |
accusative | nom. | fondue | fonduet |
gen. | fonduen | ||
genitive | fonduen | fondueiden fondueitten | |
partitive | fondueta | fondueita | |
inessive | fonduessa | fondueissa | |
elative | fonduesta | fondueista | |
illative | fonduehyn fonduehen | fondueihin | |
adessive | fonduella | fondueilla | |
ablative | fonduelta | fondueilta | |
allative | fonduelle | fondueille | |
essive | fonduena | fondueina | |
translative | fondueksi | fondueiksi | |
instructive | — | fonduein | |
abessive | fonduetta | fondueitta | |
comitative | — | fondueineen |
Possessive forms of fondue (type rosé) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | fondueni | fonduemme |
2nd person | fonduesi | fonduenne |
3rd person | fonduensa |
or
Inflection of fondue (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | fondue | fonduet | |
genitive | fonduen | fondueiden fondueitten | |
partitive | fonduetä | fondueitä | |
illative | fonduehyn fonduehen | fondueihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | fondue | fonduet | |
accusative | nom. | fondue | fonduet |
gen. | fonduen | ||
genitive | fonduen | fondueiden fondueitten | |
partitive | fonduetä | fondueitä | |
inessive | fonduessä | fondueissä | |
elative | fonduestä | fondueistä | |
illative | fonduehyn fonduehen | fondueihin | |
adessive | fonduellä | fondueillä | |
ablative | fondueltä | fondueiltä | |
allative | fonduelle | fondueille | |
essive | fonduenä | fondueinä | |
translative | fondueksi | fondueiksi | |
instructive | — | fonduein | |
abessive | fonduettä | fondueittä | |
comitative | — | fondueineen |
Possessive forms of fondue (type rosé) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | fondueni | fonduemme |
2nd person | fonduesi | fonduenne |
3rd person | fonduensä |
French
Etymology
From fondre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔ̃.dy/
Adjective
fondue
- feminine singular of fondu
Noun
fondue f (plural fondues)
- fondue
Derived terms
- fondue bourguignonne
- fondue savoyarde
- fourchette à fondue
Descendants
- → English: fondue
- → Polish: fondue
- → Portuguese: fondue
- → Romanian: fondue
- → Spanish: fondue
- → Turkish: fondü
Further reading
- “fondue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Adjective
fondue
- feminine singular of fondu
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fondue.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔnˈdi/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔndi
- Syllabification: fon‧due
Noun
fondue n (indeclinable)
- fondue (dish)
Further reading
- fondue in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fondue in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fondue.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fõˈd͡ʒi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fõˈdy/
Noun
fondue m or f (plural fondues)
- fondue (dish of molten cheese)
References
- “fondue” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “fondue” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French fondue.
Noun
fondue f (plural fondue)
- fondue (dish)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fondue.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fonˈdu/ [fõn̪ˈd̪u]
- Rhymes: -u
Noun
fondue f (plural fondues)
- fondue (dish)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- “fondue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
fondue c
- a fondue
Declension
Declension of fondue | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fondue | fonduen | fonduer | fonduerna |
Genitive | fondues | fonduens | fonduers | fonduernas |
References
- fondue in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- fondue in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)