fondre

See also: fondré

Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin fundere, present active infinitive of fundō, from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfon.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfon.dɾe]

Verb

fondre (first-person singular present fonc, first-person singular preterite fonguí, past participle fos)

1. (transitive) to melt, to cause to melt
2. (reflexive) to melt, to be melted
3. (transitive) to cast (with a mold)

Derived terms

• fonedor

Further reading

• “fondre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fondre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fondre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fondre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, present active infinitive of fundō (“I melt”), from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃dʁ/

• audio:

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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

• fonderie
• fondre comme neige au soleil
• fondu
• fondue

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• fonder, fronde, refond

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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