fonds

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fonds

1. plural of fond

From French fonds. Doublet of fund.

fonds (plural fonds)

1. The entire collection of the records originating from the same creator; an archive term used to describe a collection of papers that originate from the same source.

fonds n or c

1. indefinite genitive singular of fond

From French fonds.

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fonds n (plural fondsen, diminutive fondsje n)

1. fund (amount of money, usually on an account, destined for some purpose)
2. (finance) stock (e.g. in an exchange)

• → Indonesian: fonds
• → Papiamentu: fonds (dated)

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃/

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fonds m

1. plural of fond

Inherited from Old French funz (“cultivated or developed land”), from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond.

fonds m (plural fonds)

1. fund, funds
2. resources
3. (Switzerland) field

• à fonds perdu
• être en fonds
• fonds commercial

• → Dutch: fonds
  • → Indonesian: fonds
  • → Papiamentu: fonds (dated)
• → English: fonds
• → German: Fonds
• → Russian: фонд (fond) (see there for further descendants)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fonds

1. inflection of fondre:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Dutch fonds, from French fonds.

fonds (plural fonds-fonds)

1. fund

fonds

1. indefinite genitive singular of fond