fond

Meaning

Noun

1. back
2. bottom
3. fund; funding
4. foundation
5. content
6. essence
7. background
8. base
9. foundation stop on a pipe organ

Verb

third-person singular present indicative of fondre

Concepts

bottom

background

ground

back

crown

gist

essence

foundation

substance

base

bed

depth

floor

heart

bottom part

at the bottom

below

backdrop

core

far end

germ of truth

ocean bed

inner part

interior

meaning

tenor

sole

end

basis

crux

soil

fund

dregs

hollow

deposit

silt

bunt

buttocks

scope

setting

buttock

drink

drop

backcloth

desktop

screen background

center

centre

heart and soul

inwardness

kernel

marrow

meat

nitty-gritty

nub

pith

sum

Crown

CORE

Congress of Racial Equality

underside

undersurface

rear

content

contentedness

funds

bedrock

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin fundus. Doublet of fonds.

Sentences

Le fond ouvre sur un jardin .

The background opens onto a garden.

La base de la croûte terrestre fond à son tour .

The base of the earth's crust melts in turn.

Sur le fond , cette proposition ne tient aucun compte des réalités du commerce international .

In substance, this proposal takes no account of the realities of international trade.

Le fond principal représente l'État serbe .

The main fund represents the Serbian state.

Le fond des gorges est occupé par la Gourbe.

The bottom of the gorges is occupied by the Gourbe.

Mais celui qu'on leurrait , était séduit au fond d'une idée non moins vaine .

But the one who was deceived, was seduced at the bottom of an idea no less vain.

Au fond de l'église, le coro alto , la tribune haute , est plateresque .

At the bottom of the church, the coro alto, the high tribune, is plateresque.