fondu

Borrowed from French fondu (“melted”). Compare fondue.

fondu (countable and uncountable, plural fondus)

1. (printing) The graded shift from one color into another.
2. Alternative spelling of fondue.
3. (ballet) A lowering of the body by bending the knee of the supporting leg.

• Found., found

From Latin fundus.

fondu m (plural fondos)

1. depth
2. background

• de fondu

fondu m sg (feminine singular fonda, neuter singular fondo, masculine plural fondos, feminine plural fondes)

1. deep

fondu

1. imperative of fondi

From Early Medieval Latin fundūtus (“melted”).

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃.dy/

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fondu m (plural fondus)

1. fade
2. (film, video) fade

   fondu au noir ― fade to black

• fondu enchaîné

fondu (feminine fondue, masculine plural fondus, feminine plural fondues)

1. past participle of fondre

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

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fondu m

1. (Jersey) molten

Borrowed from French fondu.

fondu n (plural fonduuri)

1. (film) fade