fondre

Meaning

  1. to melt, melt down, smelt
  2. to melt
  3. to melt away, waste away
  4. to dwindle; to diminish
  5. to blend in, blend into

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɔ̃dʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere (“to melt”), from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

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