fondue

See also: Fondue

English
A fondue set: cheese being kept warm, with bread and other foods nearby for dipping

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)

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

Derived terms

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

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfondyː/, [ˈfo̞ndyː]

Noun

fondue

  1. Alternative form of fondyy.

Declension
Inflection of fondue (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
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)
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

  1. feminine singular of fondu

Noun

fondue f (plural fondues)

  1. fondue

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: fondue
  • → Polish: fondue
  • → Portuguese: fondue
  • → Romanian: fondue
  • → Spanish: fondue
  • → Turkish: fondü

Further reading

Norman

Adjective

fondue

  1. 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)

  1. 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/

Noun

fondue m or f (plural fondues)

  1. fondue (dish of molten cheese)

References
  1. “fondue” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. “fondue” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fondue.

Noun

fondue f (plural fondue)

  1. fondue (dish)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French fondue.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fonˈdu/ [fõn̪ˈd̪u]
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

fondue f (plural fondues)

  1. 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

Swedish

Noun

fondue c

  1. a fondue

Declension
Declension of fondue 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fondue fonduen fonduer fonduerna
Genitive fondues fonduens fonduers fonduernas

References
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