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fondant

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English

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Etymology

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a fondant ("candy"), filled with fondant ("creamy sugar preparation")
a flower made from rolled fondant sheets
a frosted cake covered with ribbons made from rolled fondant sheets

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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.
    • 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.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Further reading

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French fondant.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

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

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French fondant

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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fondant

  1. Synonym of fondantti

Usage notes

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

Declension

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Inflection of fondant (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative fondant fondantit
genitive fondantin fondantien
partitive fondantia fondanteja
illative fondantiin fondanteihin
singular plural
nominative fondant fondantit
accusative nom. fondant fondantit
gen. fondantin
genitive fondantin fondantien
partitive fondantia fondanteja
inessive fondantissa fondanteissa
elative fondantista fondanteista
illative fondantiin fondanteihin
adessive fondantilla fondanteilla
ablative fondantilta fondanteilta
allative fondantille fondanteille
essive fondantina fondanteina
translative fondantiksi fondanteiksi
abessive fondantitta fondanteitta
instructive fondantein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of fondant (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fondantini fondantini
accusative nom. fondantini fondantini
gen. fondantini
genitive fondantini fondantieni
partitive fondantiani fondantejani
inessive fondantissani fondanteissani
elative fondantistani fondanteistani
illative fondantiini fondanteihini
adessive fondantillani fondanteillani
ablative fondantiltani fondanteiltani
allative fondantilleni fondanteilleni
essive fondantinani fondanteinani
translative fondantikseni fondanteikseni
abessive fondantittani fondanteittani
instructive
comitative fondanteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fondantisi fondantisi
accusative nom. fondantisi fondantisi
gen. fondantisi
genitive fondantisi fondantiesi
partitive fondantiasi fondantejasi
inessive fondantissasi fondanteissasi
elative fondantistasi fondanteistasi
illative fondantiisi fondanteihisi
adessive fondantillasi fondanteillasi
ablative fondantiltasi fondanteiltasi
allative fondantillesi fondanteillesi
essive fondantinasi fondanteinasi
translative fondantiksesi fondanteiksesi
abessive fondantittasi fondanteittasi
instructive
comitative fondanteinesi

Further reading

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French

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the blue bird on the yellow background (towards the bottom of the shield) is fondant; the yellow bird on the blue background is montant

Pronunciation

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Participle

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fondant

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

Adjective

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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

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fondant m (plural fondants)

  1. fondant (all senses)

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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French fondant.

Adjective

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

  1. melting

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite fondant fondantă fondanți fondante
definite fondantul fondanta fondanții fondantele
genitive-
dative
indefinite fondant fondante fondanți fondante
definite fondantului fondantei fondanților fondantelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French fondant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fonˈdant/ [fõn̪ˈd̪ãn̪t̪]
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Syllabification: fon‧dant

Noun

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fondant m (plural fondants)

  1. fondant (confectionery)