fondement

== French == === Etymology === From Old French fondement, from Latin fundamentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔ̃d.mɑ̃/ === Noun === fondement m (plural fondements) foundation fundament (anus) ==== Related terms ==== fondamental fonder ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: fundament === Further reading === “fondement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === fundement === Etymology === From Latin fundamentum. === Noun === fondement oblique singular, m (oblique plural fondemenz or fondementz, nominative singular fondemenz or fondementz, nominative plural fondement) foundation, start, beginning foundation (of a building) ==== Descendants ==== French: fondement→ Romanian: fundament → Middle Dutch: fondament Dutch: fundament (see there for further descendants) → English: fundament, foundament (obsolete)→ Welsh: ffwndament