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fondant

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English

Etymology

19th century. Unadapted borrowing from French fondant (melting), from fondre (to melt), from Latin fundere (to melt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɒndənt/, /fɒnˈdɒnt/, /fɒ̃ˈdɒ̃/, /fɔ̃ˈdɒ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnt

Noun

fondant (countable and uncountable, plural fondants)

  1. (usually uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.
    • 2011, David Jones, Candy Making For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
      To produce most types of fondant, you cook sugar, corn syrup, and water and beat the cooled mixture into a creamy paste. You may find a fondant recipe that includes other ingredients, but the three primary ingredients are the ones listed here.
  2. (countable) A candy or cake filled with such a preparation.
    • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Second-rate Woman”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 99:
      "Don't!" said Mrs. Mallowe, feebly. "You make my head ache. I'm miserable to-day. Stay me with fondants, comfort me with chocolates[.]"
    • 2005, Georgina Campbell, Irish Country House Cooking: The Blue Book Recipe Collection, page 62:
      At Chapter One, these chocolate fondants are served restaurant-style with a crème brulée ravioli and an unusual basil ice cream as well as the warm sauce given.
  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.
    • 2012, Kathryn Williams, Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous, Henry Holt and Company (BYR), →ISBN, page 182:
      Stan made a heroic attempt at a tiered cinnamon cake with a rolled fondant icing that came out gray and tore when he draped it over the cake.
  4. (usually uncountable) Fondue.
    fondant chocolate
    fondant cheese
    • 2010, Paul Karr, Frommer's Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, →ISBN:
      Start with a Cortland apple salad, beets with goat cheese fondant, []
  5. (usually uncountable) The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion.
  6. (slang) Facial makeup (cosmetics), when used excessively.

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Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French fondant.

Pronunciation

Noun

fondant m or n (plural fondants, diminutive fondantje n)

  1. (Netherlands) fondant (sugary substance)
  2. (Belgium) dark chocolate

Derived terms

  • fondantsuiker

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French fondant

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfondɑnt/, [ˈfo̞ndɑ̝n̪t̪]
  • Rhymes: -ondɑnt
  • Syllabification(key): fon‧dant
  • Hyphenation(key): fon‧dant

Noun

fondant

  1. synonym of fondantti

Usage notes

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

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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French

Pronunciation

Participle

fondant

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

Adjective

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

  1. melting
  2. melt in the mouth
  3. (heraldry) stooping, as for prey; describes an eagle, falcon, etc. flying downward

Noun

fondant m (plural fondants)

  1. fondant (all senses)

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Romanian

Etymology

French fondant.

Adjective

fondant m or n (feminine singular fondantă, masculine plural fondanți, feminine and neuter plural fondante)

  1. melting

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French fondant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fonˈdan/ [fõn̪ˈd̪ãn]
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

fondant m (plural fondants)

  1. fondant (confectionery)

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