fondre
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See also: fondré
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fundere, from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.
Pronunciation
Verb
fondre (first-person singular present fonc, first-person singular preterite fonguí, past participle fos); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive) to melt, to cause to melt
- (reflexive) to melt, to be melted
- (transitive) to cast (with a mold)
- (pronominal) to disappear
- Synonym: desaparèixer
Conjugation
| 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere (“to melt”), from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.
Pronunciation
Verb
fondre
- (transitive) to melt, melt down, smelt
- (intransitive) to melt
- (intransitive) to melt away, waste away
- (intransitive) to dwindle; to diminish
- (reflexive, se fondre dans) to blend in, blend into
Conjugation
| 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of fondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Etymology
From Latin fundere, present active infinitive of fundō (“to melt”).
Verb
fondre
- 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.
| 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
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