fondant
English
Etymology 1
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. From French fondant (“melting”), from fondre (“to melt”), from Latin fundere (“to melt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɒndənt/
Noun
fondant (countable and uncountable, plural fondants)
- (usually uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.
- (countable) A candy filled with such a preparation.
- (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
- (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, […]
- (usually uncountable) The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- chocolate fondant
- fondant icing
- fondant potato
- pommes fondant
Translations
flavored sugar preparation
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Etymology 2
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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.
Adjective
fondant (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Stooping, as for prey: said of an eagle, a falcon, etc.
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔnˈdɑnt/
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: fon‧dant
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Noun
fondant m, n (plural fondants, diminutive fondantje n)
- fondant (sugary substance)
Derived terms
- fondantsuiker
Finnish
Etymology
< French
Noun
fondant
- Alternative term for fondantti.
Usage notes
- Finnish and English "fondant" do not mean same things.
Declension
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | fondantein | |
| abessive | fondantitta | fondanteitta | |
| comitative | — | fondanteineen | |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔ̃.dɑ̃/
Verb
fondant
Adjective
fondant (feminine singular fondante, masculine plural fondants, feminine plural fondantes)
Noun
fondant m (plural fondants)
- fondant (all senses)
Spanish
Noun
fondant m (plural fondants)
- fondant (confectionery)
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