fondre

See also: fondré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fundere, from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

Pronunciation

Verb

fondre (first-person singular present fonc, first-person singular preterite fonguí, past participle fos); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive) to melt, to cause to melt
  2. (reflexive) to melt, to be melted
  3. (transitive) to cast (with a mold)
  4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to disappear
    Synonym: desaparèixer

Conjugation
    Conjugation of fondre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive fondre
gerund fonent
past participle masculine feminine
singular fos fosa
plural fosos foses
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present fonc fons fon fonem foneu fonen
imperfect fonia fonies fonia foníem foníeu fonien
future fondré fondràs fondrà fondrem fondreu fondran
preterite fonguí fongueres fongué fonguérem fonguéreu fongueren
conditional fondria fondries fondria fondríem fondríeu fondrien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present fongui fonguis fongui fonguem fongueu fonguin
imperfect fongués fonguessis fongués fonguéssim fonguéssiu fonguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — fon fongui fonguem foneu fonguin
negative (no) — no fonguis no fongui no fonguem no fongueu no fonguin

Derived terms
  • fonedor

Further reading

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere (“to melt”), from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɔ̃dʁ/
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Verb

fondre

  1. (transitive) to melt, melt down, smelt
  2. (intransitive) to melt
  3. (intransitive) to melt away, waste away
  4. (intransitive) to dwindle; to diminish
  5. (reflexive, se fondre dans) to blend in, blend into

Conjugation
Conjugation of fondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fondre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fondant
/fɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fondu
/fɔ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fonds
/fɔ̃/		 fonds
/fɔ̃/		 fond
/fɔ̃/		 fondons
/fɔ̃.dɔ̃/		 fondez
/fɔ̃.de/		 fondent
/fɔ̃d/
imperfect fondais
/fɔ̃.dɛ/		 fondais
/fɔ̃.dɛ/		 fondait
/fɔ̃.dɛ/		 fondions
/fɔ̃.djɔ̃/		 fondiez
/fɔ̃.dje/		 fondaient
/fɔ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 fondis
/fɔ̃.di/		 fondis
/fɔ̃.di/		 fondit
/fɔ̃.di/		 fondîmes
/fɔ̃.dim/		 fondîtes
/fɔ̃.dit/		 fondirent
/fɔ̃.diʁ/
future fondrai
/fɔ̃.dʁe/		 fondras
/fɔ̃.dʁa/		 fondra
/fɔ̃.dʁa/		 fondrons
/fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/		 fondrez
/fɔ̃.dʁe/		 fondront
/fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional fondrais
/fɔ̃.dʁɛ/		 fondrais
/fɔ̃.dʁɛ/		 fondrait
/fɔ̃.dʁɛ/		 fondrions
/fɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/		 fondriez
/fɔ̃.dʁi.je/		 fondraient
/fɔ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fonde
/fɔ̃d/		 fondes
/fɔ̃d/		 fonde
/fɔ̃d/		 fondions
/fɔ̃.djɔ̃/		 fondiez
/fɔ̃.dje/		 fondent
/fɔ̃d/
imperfect2 fondisse
/fɔ̃.dis/		 fondisses
/fɔ̃.dis/		 fondît
/fɔ̃.di/		 fondissions
/fɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/		 fondissiez
/fɔ̃.di.sje/		 fondissent
/fɔ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fonds
/fɔ̃/		 — fondons
/fɔ̃.dɔ̃/		 fondez
/fɔ̃.de/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

From Latin fundere, present active infinitive of fundō (“to melt”).

Verb

fondre

  1. to melt

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of fondre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive fondre avoir fondu, fus
gerund en fondant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle fondant
past participle fondu, fus
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present font fonz font fondons fondez fondent
imperfect fondoie, fondeie fondoies, fondeies fondoit, fondeit fondiiens, fondiens fondiiez, fondiez fondoient, fondeient
preterite fondi fondis fondi fondimes fondistes fondirent
future fondrai fondras fondra fondrons fondroiz, fondreiz, fondrez fondront
conditional fondroie, fondreie fondroies, fondreies fondroit, fondreit fondriiens, fondriens fondriiez, fondriez fondroient, fondreient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present fonde fondes fonde fondons fondez fondent
imperfect fondisse fondisses fondist fondissons, fondissiens fondissoiz, fondissez, fondissiez fondissent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— font — fondons fondez —

Descendants
  • French: fondre
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