fondue
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A fondue set: cheese being kept warm, with bread and other foods nearby for dipping
fondue 
fondue
See also: Fondue
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fondue (“melted”), from fondre (“to melt”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɒnduː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /fɑnˈdu/
Noun
fondue (countable and uncountable, plural fondues)
- A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.
- a Swiss fondue
Derived terms
Translations
dish
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Verb
fondue (third-person singular simple present fondues, present participle fonduing or fondueing, simple past and past participle fondued)
- To prepare or serve as a fondue.
See also
Related terms
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
fondue
- Alternative form of fondyy.
Declension
| Inflection of fondue (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | fondue | fonduet | ||
| genitive | fonduen | fondueiden fondueitten | ||
| partitive | fondueta | fondueita | ||
| illative | fonduehyn fonduehen |
fondueihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | fondue | fonduet | ||
| accusative | nom. | fondue | fonduet | |
| gen. | fonduen | |||
| genitive | fonduen | fondueiden fondueitten | ||
| partitive | fondueta | fondueita | ||
| inessive | fonduessa | fondueissa | ||
| elative | fonduesta | fondueista | ||
| illative | fonduehyn fonduehen |
fondueihin | ||
| adessive | fonduella | fondueilla | ||
| ablative | fonduelta | fondueilta | ||
| allative | fonduelle | fondueille | ||
| essive | fonduena | fondueina | ||
| translative | fondueksi | fondueiksi | ||
| abessive | fonduetta | fondueitta | ||
| instructive | — | fonduein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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| Inflection of fondue (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fondue | fonduet | ||
| genitive | fonduen | fondueiden fondueitten | ||
| partitive | fonduetä | fondueitä | ||
| illative | fonduehyn fonduehen |
fondueihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | fondue | fonduet | ||
| accusative | nom. | fondue | fonduet | |
| gen. | fonduen | |||
| genitive | fonduen | fondueiden fondueitten | ||
| partitive | fonduetä | fondueitä | ||
| inessive | fonduessä | fondueissä | ||
| elative | fonduestä | fondueistä | ||
| illative | fonduehyn fonduehen |
fondueihin | ||
| adessive | fonduellä | fondueillä | ||
| ablative | fondueltä | fondueiltä | ||
| allative | fonduelle | fondueille | ||
| essive | fonduenä | fondueinä | ||
| translative | fondueksi | fondueiksi | ||
| abessive | fonduettä | fondueittä | ||
| instructive | — | fonduein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “fondue”, 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
French
Etymology
From fondre.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fondue
Noun
fondue f (plural fondues)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: fondue
- → Polish: fondue
- → Portuguese: fondue
- → Romanian: fondue
- → Spanish: fondue
- → Turkish: fondü
Further reading
- “fondue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Norman
Adjective
fondue
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fondue.
Pronunciation
Noun
fondue n (indeclinable)
- fondue (Swiss melted cheese and wine dish served in a communal pot (caquelon or fondue pot) over a portable stove (réchaud) heated with a candle or spirit lamp, and eaten by dipping bread and sometimes vegetables into the cheese using long-stemmed forks)
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fondue.
Pronunciation
Noun
fondue m or f (plural fondues)
- fondue (dish of molten cheese)
References
- ^ “fondue” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “fondue” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fondue.
Noun
fondue f (plural fondue)
- fondue (dish)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fondue.
Pronunciation
Noun
fondue f (plural fondues)
- fondue (dish)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- “fondue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fondue.
Pronunciation
Noun
fondue c
Declension
| Declension of fondue | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fondue | fonduen | fonduer | fonduerna |
| Genitive | fondues | fonduens | fonduers | fonduernas |