fond

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

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• Rhymes: -ɒnd

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

fond (comparative fonder, superlative fondest)

1. (chiefly with of) Having a liking or affection (for).
   • Shakespeare

     more fond on her than she upon her love

   • Irving

     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:

     “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.
   • Byron

     Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.

• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

• fondly
• fondness
• overfond

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.
   • Dryden

     The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.

From French, ultimately from Latin fundus. See fund.

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.

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fond m

1. fund

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

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

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

fond c (singular definite fonden, plural indefinite fonder)

1. stock, broth

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

1. fund
2. foundation, donation

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

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃/

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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

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

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

fond

1. third-person singular present indicative of fondre

• “fond” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin fundus.

fond m (plural fonds)

1. fund
2. bottom

From Old English fēond.

fond (plural fondes)

1. Alternative form of feend

From fonnen +‎ -ed.

fond

1. Alternative form of fonned

From French fond, from Latin fundus

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

1. a fund

• pensjonsfond

• “fond” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French fond, from Latin fundus

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

1. a fund

• pensjonsfond

• “fond” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

fȍnd m (Cyrillic spelling фо̏нд)

1. fund

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fond c

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

fund

• fondera