fondue

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French fondue (“melted”), from fondre (“to melt”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɒndjuː/, /ˈfɒnduː/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɑnˈdu/ === Noun === fondue (countable and uncountable, plural fondues) A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped. ==== Derived terms ==== fondue fork ==== Translations ==== === Verb === fondue (third-person singular simple present fondues, present participle fonduing or fondueing, simple past and past participle fondued) To prepare or serve as a fondue. === Related terms === fondant fondu === See also === fondue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === founde == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfondyː/, [ˈfo̞ndyː] Rhymes: -ondyː === Noun === fondue alternative form of fondyy ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “fondue”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === From fondre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔ̃.dy/ === Adjective === fondue feminine singular of fondu === Noun === fondue f (plural fondues) fondue ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: fondue → Polish: fondue → Portuguese: fondue → Romanian: fondue → Spanish: fondue → Turkish: fondü === Further reading === “fondue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Adjective === fondue feminine singular of fondu == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French fondue. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fɔ̃ˈdi] Syllabification: fon‧due === Noun === fondue n (indeclinable) fondue (Swiss melted cheese and wine dish served in a communal pot (caquelon or fondue pot) over a portable stove (réchaud) heated with a candle or spirit lamp, and eaten by dipping bread and sometimes vegetables into the cheese using long-stemmed forks) === Further reading === fondue in Polish dictionaries at PWN fondue in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French fondue. === Pronunciation === (Portugal) IPA(key): /fõˈdy/ === Noun === fondue m or f (plural fondues) fondue (dish of molten cheese) === References === === Further reading === “fondue”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French fondue. === Noun === fondue f (plural fondue) fondue (dish) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French fondue. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fonˈdu/ [fõn̪ˈd̪u] Rhymes: -u === Noun === fondue f (plural fondues) fondue (dish) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== Further reading ==== “fondue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French fondue. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔnˈdyː/ Hyphenation: fon‧due Rhymes: -yː === Noun === fondue c fondue ==== Declension ==== === References === fondue in Svensk ordbok (SO) fondue in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)