fonder

See also: Fonder

English

Adjective

fonder

1. comparative form of fond: more fond

Anagrams

• Ferdon, Forden, forend

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fonder and its variants, from Latin fundāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃.de/
• Homophones: fondai, fondé, fondée, fondées, fondés, fondez

• Audio:

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Verb

fonder

1. to found

   Son vœu le plus cher est de fonder un foyer. ― Their dearest wish is to start a family.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fonder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fonder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fondant /fɔ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fondé /fɔ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fonde /fɔ̃d/	fondes /fɔ̃d/	fonde /fɔ̃d/	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	fondai /fɔ̃.de/	fondas /fɔ̃.da/	fonda /fɔ̃.da/	fondâmes /fɔ̃.dam/	fondâtes /fɔ̃.dat/	fondèrent /fɔ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	fonderai /fɔ̃.dʁe/	fonderas /fɔ̃.dʁa/	fondera /fɔ̃.dʁa/	fonderons /fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/	fonderez /fɔ̃.dʁe/	fonderont /fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fonderais /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/	fonderais /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/	fonderait /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/	fonderions /fɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	fonderiez /fɔ̃.də.ʁje/	fonderaient /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	fondasse /fɔ̃.das/	fondasses /fɔ̃.das/	fondât /fɔ̃.da/	fondassions /fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	fondassiez /fɔ̃.da.sje/	fondassent /fɔ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fonde /fɔ̃d/	—	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

• fondateur

Related terms

• fond
• fondamental
• fondement

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• fondre, fronde, refond

Swedish

Noun

fonder

1. indefinite plural of fond