fondant

a fondant ("candy"), filled with fondant ("creamy sugar preparation")

a flower made from rolled fondant sheets

a frosted cake covered with ribbons made from rolled fondant sheets

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɒndənt/, /fɒnˈdɒnt/

fondant (countable and uncountable, plural fondants)

1. (usually uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.
2. (countable) A candy filled with such a preparation.
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
4. (usually uncountable) Fondue.

   fondant chocolate, fondant cheese

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5. (usually uncountable) The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion.

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The blue bird on the yellow background (towards the bottom of the shield) is fondant; the yellow bird on the blue background is montant.

fondant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Stooping, as for prey: said of an eagle, a falcon, etc.

Borrowing from French fondant.

• IPA^(key): /fɔnˈdɑnt/

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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

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fondant

1. Alternative term for fondantti.

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

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃.dɑ̃/

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fondant

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

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

1. melting
2. melt in the mouth

fondant m (plural fondants)

1. fondant (all senses)

fondant m (plural fondants)

1. fondant (confectionery)