fondre

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

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

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fondre (first-person singular present fonc, first-person singular preterite fonguí, past participle fos); root stress: (Central, Valencia, 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. (pronominal) to disappear

   Synonym: desaparèixer

• fonedor

• “fondre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “fondre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃dʁ/

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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

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

• fonder, fronde, refond

From Latin fundere (“to melt”).

fondre

1. to melt

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.

• French: fondre