fondant

19th century. Unadapted borrowing from French fondant (“melting”), from fondre (“to melt”), from Latin fundere (“to melt”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɒndənt/, /fɒnˈdɒnt/, /fɒ̃ˈdɒ̃/, /fɔ̃ˈdɒ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnt

fondant (countable and uncountable, plural fondants)

1. (usually uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.
   • 2011, David Jones, Candy Making For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     To produce most types of fondant, you cook sugar, corn syrup, and water and beat the cooled mixture into a creamy paste. You may find a fondant recipe that includes other ingredients, but the three primary ingredients are the ones listed here.

2. (countable) A candy or cake filled with such a preparation.
   • 2005, Georgina Campbell, Irish Country House Cooking: The Blue Book Recipe Collection, page 62:

     At Chapter One, these chocolate fondants are served restaurant-style with a crème brulée ravioli and an unusual basil ice cream as well as the warm sauce given.

3. (food) A sugar dough, usually prepared as large sheets (rolled fondant), used in place of icing to cover large areas of cakes, composed of sugar, water, gelatin, glycerine.
   • 2012, Kathryn Williams, Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous, Henry Holt and Company (BYR), →ISBN, page 182:

     Stan made a heroic attempt at a tiered cinnamon cake with a rolled fondant icing that came out gray and tore when he draped it over the cake.

4. (usually uncountable) Fondue.

   fondant chocolate

   fondant cheese

   • 2010, Paul Karr, Frommer's Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, →ISBN:

     Start with a Cortland apple salad, beets with goat cheese fondant, […]

5. (usually uncountable) The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion.
6. (slang) Facial makeup (cosmetics), when used excessively.

• fondue

• fondant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Fondant on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Fondant au chocolat on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Unadapted borrowing from French fondant.

• IPA^(key): /fɔnˈdɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: fon‧dant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

fondant m or n (plural fondants, diminutive fondantje n)

1. (Netherlands) fondant (sugary substance)
2. (Belgium) dark chocolate

• fondantsuiker

Unadapted borrowing from French fondant

• IPA^(key): /ˈfondɑnt/,
• Rhymes: -ondɑnt
• Hyphenation^(key): fon‧dant

fondant

1. Synonym of fondantti

• Finnish and English "fondant" do not mean same things.

• “fondant”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃.dɑ̃/

• Audio:

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fondant

1. present participle of fonder
2. present participle of fondre

fondant (feminine fondante, masculine plural fondants, feminine plural fondantes)

1. melting
2. melt in the mouth
3. (heraldry) stooping, as for prey; describes an eagle, falcon, etc. flying downward

fondant m (plural fondants)

1. fondant (all senses)

• “fondant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

French fondant.

fondant m or n (feminine singular fondantă, masculine plural fondanți, feminine and neuter plural fondante)

1. melting

Unadapted borrowing from French fondant.

• IPA^(key): /fonˈdant/
• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: fon‧dant

fondant m (plural fondants)

1. fondant (confectionery)