fond

See also: fonds, Fonds, and Fond

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɒnd/
• IPA^(key): /fɑnd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒnd

Etymology 1

From Middle English fond, fonned, past participle of fonnen (“to be foolish, be simple, dote”), equivalent to fon +‎ -ed. More at fon.

Adjective

fond (comparative fonder, superlative fondest)

1. (chiefly with of) Having a liking or affection (for).
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     more fond on her than she upon her love

   • (Can we date this quote by Irving and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     a great traveller, and fond of telling his adventures

2. Affectionate.

   a fond farewell

   a fond mother or wife

3. Indulgent.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace‎^[1]:

     “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. […]”

   I have fond grandparents who spoil me.

4. Outlandish; foolish; silly.

   Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.

5. (obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, sc. 1:

     If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent

     to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes near

     nobody.

   • 1605–06, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, sc. 2:

     Grant I may never prove so fond

     To trust man on his oath or bond.

   • 1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Midnight Mass For the Dying Year

     The foolish, fond Old Year,

6. (obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.
   • (Can we date this quote by Byron and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

Derived terms

• fondly
• fondness
• overfond

 

Translations

affectionate

• Bulgarian: нежен (bg) (nežen), любящ (ljubjašt)
• Czech: milující
• Danish: øm, kærlig
• Finnish: hellä (fi)
• Galician: afectuoso m
• German: lieb haben (de), gern haben (be fond of)
• Hungarian: szerető (hu), gyengéd (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: cion a bheith agat ar (be fond of)
• Italian: affettuoso (it), tenero (it), amoroso (it), premuroso (it)
• Maori: mateoha
• Portuguese: afeiçoado (pt), meigo (pt), carinhoso (pt)
• Russian: лю́бящий (ru) (ljúbjaščij), не́жный (ru) (néžnyj)
• Swedish: tillgiven (sv)

indulgent

• Danish: eftergivende
• Finnish: lempeä (fi), hyväntahtoinen (fi)
• Galician: indulxente m or f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: engedékeny (hu)
• Italian: indulgente (it), condiscendente (it), benevolo (it), comprensivo (it), tollerante (it), compiacente (it)
• Portuguese: indulgente (pt), complacente (pt), tolerante (pt)

outlandish

• Bulgarian: наивен (bg) (naiven)
• Danish: eksotisk, aparte
• Finnish: löyhäpäinen, typerä (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: pazzesco (it), insensato (it), immaginario (it)
• Portuguese: insensato (pt), tolo (pt), imprudente (pt), precipitado (pt)

Verb

fond (third-person singular simple present fonds, present participle fonding, simple past and past participle fonded)

1. (obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.
2. (obsolete) To caress; to fondle.
   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.

Translations

have affection for

• Bulgarian: обичам (bg) (običam)
• Czech: mít náklonnost, mít slabost pro
• Danish: glad (da), holde af (da)
• Galician: ter cariño (a), chochear (por/con) (gl), derreter (por)
• Gallurese: affitziunà
• Hebrew: חוֹבֵב (he) m (ḥovév)
• Italian: affezionarsi (it), preferire (it), avere un debole, indulgere (it), accondiscendere (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: matareka
• Portuguese: ter carinho (pt)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: affetzionarsi

  Logudorese: affetzionare

• Sassarese: affritziunassi
• Spanish: encariñarse (es), encariñarse (es)

be fond of, like — see like

be fond of, have affection for

• Bulgarian: оби́чам (bg) (obíčam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喜好 (zh) (xǐhào), 喜歡／喜欢 (zh), 喜欢 (zh) (xǐhuān), 愛好／爱好 (zh) (àihào), 爱好 (zh) (àihào)

• Czech: mít rád (cs)
• Danish: glad (da), holde af (da), kunne lide
• Estonian: kalliks pidama, armastama (et), üle uhke olema
• French: tenir à, être épris de (fr)
• German: gern haben (de), hängen an (de), mögen (de), lieben (de), lieb haben (de)
• Hungarian: szível
• Italian: volere bene, piacere (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 気に入る (ja) (きにいる, ki ni iru), 好く (ja) (すく, suku)
• Norwegian: være glad i
• Polish: lubić (pl)
• Portuguese: ter carinho (pt)
• Russian: люби́ть (ru) (ljubítʹ), (intransitive) нра́виться (ru) (nrávitʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: is math le
• Spanish: tener cariño a, querer (es)
• Swedish: tycka om (sv), hålla av (sv)
• Vietnamese: luyến (vi)

Etymology 2

From French, ultimately from Latin fundus. See fund.

Noun

fond (plural fonds)

1. The background design in lace-making.
2. (cooking) Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.

   He used the fond to make a classic French pan sauce.

3. (information science) A group of records having shared provenance.
4. (obsolete) Foundation; bottom; groundwork.
5. (obsolete) Fund, stock, or store.

Translations

background of lace

• Bulgarian: основа (bg) f (osnova)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfont]

• Audio:

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Noun

1. fund

Derived terms

• akciový fond m
• dluhopisový fond m
• investiční fond m
• otevřený fond m
• penzijní fond m
• podílový fond m
• růstový fond m
• uzavřený fond m
• výnosový fond m

 

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
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Danish

Etymology

From French fond, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-no-, *bʰudʰ-mn̥- (“bottom”).

Noun

fond c (singular definite fonden, plural indefinite fonder)

1. stock, broth

Inflection

Declension of fond

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fond	fonden	fonder	fonderne
genitive	fonds	fondens	fonders	fondernes

Noun

fond c or n (singular definite fonden or fondet, plural indefinite fonde or fonder)

1. fund
2. foundation, donation

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃/

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Etymology 1

From Old French, from Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn.

Noun

fond m (plural fonds)

1. back
2. bottom
3. fund; funding
4. foundation
5. (figuratively) basics, essence
6. background
7. (cooking) base
8. (music) foundation stop on a pipe organ

Related terms

• à fond
• au fond
• du fond du cœur
• fondation
• fondement
• fonder
• toile de fond

 

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: фонд (fond)
• → Czech: fond
• → Dutch: fonds
• → English: fund
• → German: Fonds
• → Norwegian: fond
• → Russian: фонд (fond)
• → Scots: fond
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: фо̏нд

  Latin script: fȍnd

• → Swedish: fond
• → Ukrainian: фонд (fond)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fond

1. third-person singular present indicative of fondre

Further reading

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

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

• fonjad

Etymology

fon +‎ -d

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfond]
• Hyphenation: fond

Verb

fond

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of fon

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin fundus.

Noun

fond m (plural fonds)

1. fund
2. bottom

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Maltese

Etymology

From Italian fondo, from Latin fundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔnt/

Adjective

1. deep

   Synonyms: għammieq, profond

Derived terms

• fannad

Noun

1. depth (that which is deep below; the deepest part)

   Synonyms: għamieq, profondità

2. base; bottom
3. fund

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English fēond.

Noun

fond (plural fondes)

1. Alternative form of feend

Etymology 2

From fonnen +‎ -ed.

Adjective

fond

1. Alternative form of fonned

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French fond, from Latin fundus

Noun

fond n (definite singular fondet, indefinite plural fond, definite plural fonda or fondene)

1. a fund

Derived terms

• pensjonsfond

References

• “fond” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French fond, from Latin fundus

Noun

fond n (definite singular fondet, indefinite plural fond, definite plural fonda)

1. a fund

Derived terms

• pensjonsfond

References

• “fond” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

fȍnd m (Cyrillic spelling фо̏нд)

1. fund

Declension

Declension of fond

	singular	plural
nominative	fond	fondovi
genitive	fonda	fondova
dative	fondu	fondovima
accusative	fond	fondove
vocative	fonde	fondovi
locative	fondu	fondovima
instrumental	fondom	fondovima

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

fond c

1. fund
2. backdrop; a theatrical scenery
3. ("Kitchen French") broth

Declension

Declension of fond
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fond	fonden	fonder	fonderna
Genitive	fonds	fondens	fonders	fondernas

Related terms

fund

• fondera