fond

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɒnd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɑnd/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnd
• Homophone: fawned (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

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).

   I am fond of this song!

   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     more fond on her than she upon her love

   • 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H C Carey & I Lea, , →OCLC:

     a great traveller, and fond of telling his adventures

2. Affectionate.

   a fond farewell

   a fond mother or wife

3. Indulgent.

   I have fond grandparents who spoil me.

   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

     “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. […]”

4. Outlandish; foolish; silly.

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

5. (obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent
     to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes near
     nobody.

   • c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     Grant I may never prove so fond
     To trust man on his oath or bond.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:

     [T]hou seest
     How suttly to detaine thee I devise,
     Inviting thee to hear while I relate,
     Fond, were it not in hope of thy reply …

   • 1669, John Dryden, Tyrannic Love, III.ii:

     But reason with your fond religion fights,
     For many gods are many infinites …

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

     The foolish, fond Old Year,

6. (obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.
   • 1812–1818, Lord Byron, “Canto XCI”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. , London: John Murray,, (please specify the stanza number):

     Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

Derived terms

Translations

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.
   • 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:

     The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.

Synonyms

• (to caress): grope, pet, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle

Derived terms

• fondle

Translations

Etymology 2

From French, ultimately from Latin fundus. Doublet of fund and fundus.

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

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French fond.

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Noun

fond m inan

1. fund

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• fond in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• fond in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• fond in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology 1

From French fond, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. Cognate with Danish bund.

Pronunciation

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• Homophone: font

Noun

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

1. fund
2. foundation, donation

Etymology 2

From French fond, identical to the former word.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fond c (singular definite fonden, plural indefinite fonder)

1. stock, broth

Inflection

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃/

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• Homophone: font

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French, from Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. Doublet of fonds.

Noun

fond m (plural fonds)

1. back
2. bottom
3. fund; funding
4. foundation
5. (figuratively) content

   Synonym: contenu

   Coordinate term: forme

   le fond et la forme ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. (figuratively) essence

   le fond du problème ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. background
8. (cooking) base
9. (music) foundation stop on a pipe organ

Derived terms

Descendants

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 , 2012.

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• fonjad

Etymology

fon +‎ -d

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: fond
• Rhymes: -ond

Verb

fond

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of fon

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin fundus.

Noun

fond m (plural fonds)

1. fund
2. bottom

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fondo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔnt/

Adjective

fond (feminine singular fonda, plural fondi)

1. deep

   Synonyms: għammieq, profond

Derived terms

Noun

fond m

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

   Synonyms: għamieq, profondità

2. base; bottom
3. fund

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

fond

Wikipedia ^no

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

fond

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fond, itself from Latin fundus. Doublet of the inherited fund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fond/

Noun

fond n (plural fonduri)

1. fund
2. background
3. content, substance, essence

Declension

Derived terms

• în fond (“essentially, basically”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fond.

Noun

fȍnd m (Cyrillic spelling фо̏нд)

1. fund

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From French fond.

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Noun

fond c

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

Declension

Related terms

fund

• fondera

See also

• buljong
• spad

References

• fond in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fond in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fond in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)