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fondue
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See also: Fondue
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fondue (“melted”), from fondre (“to melt”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɒnduː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /fɑnˈdu/
Noun
fondue (countable and uncountable, plural fondues)
- A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.
- a Swiss fondue
Derived terms
Translations
dish
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Verb
fondue (third-person singular simple present fondues, present participle fonduing or fondueing, simple past and past participle fondued)
- To prepare or serve as a fondue.
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
fondue
- alternative form of fondyy
Declension
or
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “fondue”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
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French
Etymology
From fondre.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fondue
Noun
fondue f (plural fondues)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “fondue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Adjective
fondue
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fondue.
Pronunciation
Noun
fondue n (indeclinable)
- fondue (Swiss melted cheese and wine dish served in a communal pot (caquelon or fondue pot) over a portable stove (réchaud) heated with a candle or spirit lamp, and eaten by dipping bread and sometimes vegetables into the cheese using long-stemmed forks)
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