fondre

See also: fondré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fundere, from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfon.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfon.dɾe]

Verb

fondre (first-person singular present fonc, first-person singular preterite fonguí, past participle fos); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to melt, to cause to melt
2. (reflexive) to melt, to be melted
3. (transitive) to cast (with a mold)
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to disappear

   Synonym: desaparèixer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fondre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			fondre
gerund			fonent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fos		fosa
		plural		fosos		foses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fonc	fons	fon	fonem	foneu	fonen
	imperfect	fonia	fonies	fonia	foníem	foníeu	fonien
	future	fondré	fondràs	fondrà	fondrem	fondreu	fondran
	preterite	fonguí	fongueres	fongué	fonguérem	fonguéreu	fongueren
	conditional	fondria	fondries	fondria	fondríem	fondríeu	fondrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fongui	fonguis	fongui	fonguem	fongueu	fonguin
	imperfect	fongués	fonguessis	fongués	fonguéssim	fonguéssiu	fonguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fon	fongui	fonguem	foneu	fonguin
	negative (no)	—	no fonguis	no fongui	no fonguem	no fongueu	no fonguin

Derived terms

• fonedor

Further reading

• “fondre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fondre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fondre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fondre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere (“to melt”), from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃dʁ/

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Verb

fondre

1. (transitive) to melt, melt down, smelt
2. (intransitive) to melt
3. (intransitive) to melt away, waste away
4. (intransitive) to dwindle; to diminish
5. (reflexive, se fondre dans) to blend in, blend into

Conjugation

Conjugation of fondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fondre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fondant /fɔ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fondu /fɔ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fonds /fɔ̃/	fonds /fɔ̃/	fond /fɔ̃/	fondons /fɔ̃.dɔ̃/	fondez /fɔ̃.de/	fondent /fɔ̃d/
	imperfect	fondais /fɔ̃.dɛ/	fondais /fɔ̃.dɛ/	fondait /fɔ̃.dɛ/	fondions /fɔ̃.djɔ̃/	fondiez /fɔ̃.dje/	fondaient /fɔ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	fondis /fɔ̃.di/	fondis /fɔ̃.di/	fondit /fɔ̃.di/	fondîmes /fɔ̃.dim/	fondîtes /fɔ̃.dit/	fondirent /fɔ̃.diʁ/
	future	fondrai /fɔ̃.dʁe/	fondras /fɔ̃.dʁa/	fondra /fɔ̃.dʁa/	fondrons /fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/	fondrez /fɔ̃.dʁe/	fondront /fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fondrais /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/	fondrais /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/	fondrait /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/	fondrions /fɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	fondriez /fɔ̃.dʁi.je/	fondraient /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	fonde /fɔ̃d/	fondes /fɔ̃d/	fonde /fɔ̃d/	fondions /fɔ̃.djɔ̃/	fondiez /fɔ̃.dje/	fondent /fɔ̃d/
	imperfect2	fondisse /fɔ̃.dis/	fondisses /fɔ̃.dis/	fondît /fɔ̃.di/	fondissions /fɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	fondissiez /fɔ̃.di.sje/	fondissent /fɔ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fonds /fɔ̃/	—	fondons /fɔ̃.dɔ̃/	fondez /fɔ̃.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• fonderie
• fondre comme neige au soleil
• fondre en larmes
• fondu
• fondue
• neige fondue

Further reading

• “fondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• fonder, fronde, refond

Old French

Etymology

From Latin fundere, present active infinitive of fundō (“to melt”).

Verb

fondre

1. to melt

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of fondre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fondre			avoir fondu, fus
gerund		en fondant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		fondant
past participle		fondu, fus
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	font	fonz	font	fondons	fondez	fondent
	imperfect	fondoie, fondeie	fondoies, fondeies	fondoit, fondeit	fondiiens, fondiens	fondiiez, fondiez	fondoient, fondeient
	preterite	fondi	fondis	fondi	fondimes	fondistes	fondirent
	future	fondrai	fondras	fondra	fondrons	fondroiz, fondreiz, fondrez	fondront
	conditional	fondroie, fondreie	fondroies, fondreies	fondroit, fondreit	fondriiens, fondriens	fondriiez, fondriez	fondroient, fondreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	fonde	fondes	fonde	fondons	fondez	fondent
	imperfect	fondisse	fondisses	fondist	fondissons, fondissiens	fondissoiz, fondissez, fondissiez	fondissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	font	—	fondons	fondez	—

Descendants

• French: fondre