fond
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɒnd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /fɑnd/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒnd
- Homophone: fawned (cot–caught merger)
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English fond, fonned, past participle of fonnen (“to be foolish, be simple, dote”), equivalent to fon + -ed. More at fon.
Adjective
editfond (comparative fonder, superlative fondest)
- Having a liking or affection (for). [(chiefly) with of]
- I am fond of this song!
- 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, [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:
- a great traveller, and fond of telling his adventures
- Affectionate.
- a fond farewell
- a fond mother or wife
- Indulgent, doting.
- I have fond grandparents who spoil me.
- 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
- “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. […]”
- Outlandish; foolish; silly.
- Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.
- (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, [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, [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], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- [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,
- (obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.
- 1812–1818, Lord Byron, “(please specify |canto=I to IV)”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. , London: John Murray,, (please specify the stanza number):
- Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.
Synonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:affectionate
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Verb
editfond (third-person singular simple present fonds, present participle fonding, simple past and past participle fonded)
- (obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.
- (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:
- The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.
Synonyms
edit- (to caress): grope, pet, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle
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Etymology 2
editFrom French, ultimately from Latin fundus. Doublet of fund and fundus.
Noun
editfond (plural fonds)
- The background design in lace-making.
- (cooking) Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.
- He used the fond to make a classic French pan sauce.
- (information science) A group of records having shared provenance.
- 1999, Graham Kee Lee Tan, Village social organisation and peasant action: Right-bank Ukraine during the revolution 1917–1923 (doctoral dissertation), London: University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, Preface & Acknowledgements, page 3:
- To denote archival material collected from Ukrainian archives I have used the Ukrainian system of classification (i.e. fond, opys, sprava and arkush). I have used the Russian system for material from Russian archives (i.e. fond, opis, delo, stranitsa). I have also provided a glossary of terms used for Ukrainian, Russian or Polish terms at the back of the thesis for easy reference.
- (obsolete) Foundation; bottom; groundwork.
- (obsolete) Fund, stock, or store.
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editCzech
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editNoun
editfond m inan
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editDanish
editEtymology 1
editFrom French fond, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. Cognate with Danish bund.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfond c or n (singular definite fonden or fondet, plural indefinite fonde or fonder)
Etymology 2
editFrom French fond, identical to the former word.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfond c (singular definite fonden, plural indefinite fonder)
Inflection
editFrench
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editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old French, from Latin fundus. Doublet of fonds.
Noun
editfond m (plural fonds)
- back
- bottom
- fund; funding
- foundation
- (figuratively) content
- (figuratively) essence
- le fond du problème ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- background
- (cooking) base
- (music) foundation stop on a pipe organ
Derived terms
edit- à fond
- à fond la caisse
- à fond les manettes
- au fond
- avoir les dents du fond qui baignent
- dans le fond
- de fond
- de fond en comble
- détournement de fonds
- du fond du cœur
- envoyer par le fond
- fond de court
- fond de jante
- fond de teint
- fond d’écran
- fondation
- 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
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editfond
Further reading
edit- “fond”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
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editfond
Ladin
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editNoun
editfond m (plural fonds)
Maltese
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editAdjective
editfond (feminine singular fonda, plural fondi)
Derived terms
editNoun
editfond m
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English fēond.
Noun
editfond (plural fondes)
- Alternative form of feend
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editfond
- Alternative form of fonned
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom French fond, from Latin fundus.
Noun
editfond n (definite singular fondet, indefinite plural fond, definite plural fonda or fondene)
- a fund
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “fond” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom French fond, from Latin fundus.
Noun
editfond n (definite singular fondet, indefinite plural fond, definite plural fonda)
- a fund
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “fond” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French fond, itself from Latin fundus. Doublet of the inherited fund.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfond n (plural fonduri)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | fond | fondul | fonduri | fondurile | |
genitive-dative | fond | fondului | fonduri | fondurilor | |
vocative | fondule | fondurilor |
Derived terms
edit- în fond (“essentially, basically”)
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editNoun
editfȍnd m (Cyrillic spelling фо̏нд)
Declension
editSwedish
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Noun
editfond c
- fund [since 1715]
- backdrop; a theatrical scenery [since 1783]
- (cooking, "Kitchen French") broth [since 1979]
Declension
editRelated terms
edit- fund
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- sv:Cooking