fondant
English edit
Etymology edit
19th century. Unadapted borrowing from French fondant (“melting”), from fondre (“to melt”), from Latin fundere (“to melt”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fondant (countable and uncountable, plural fondants)
- (usually uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.
- 2011, David Jones, Candy Making For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
- To produce most types of fondant, you cook sugar, corn syrup, and water and beat the cooled mixture into a creamy paste. You may find a fondant recipe that includes other ingredients, but the three primary ingredients are the ones listed here.
- (countable) A candy or cake filled with such a preparation.
- 2005, Georgina Campbell, Irish Country House Cooking: The Blue Book Recipe Collection, page 62:
- At Chapter One, these chocolate fondants are served restaurant-style with a crème brulée ravioli and an unusual basil ice cream as well as the warm sauce given.
- (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.
- 2012, Kathryn Williams, Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous, Henry Holt and Company (BYR), →ISBN, page 182:
- Stan made a heroic attempt at a tiered cinnamon cake with a rolled fondant icing that came out gray and tore when he draped it over the cake.
- (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.
- (slang) Facial makeup (cosmetics), when used excessively.
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Related terms edit
Translations edit
flavored sugar preparation
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Further reading edit
- fondant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Fondant on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Category:Fondant au chocolat on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French fondant.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fondant m or n (plural fondants, diminutive fondantje n)
- (Netherlands) fondant (sugary substance)
- (Belgium) dark chocolate
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French fondant
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fondant
- Synonym of fondantti
Usage notes edit
- Finnish and English "fondant" do not mean same things.
Declension edit
Inflection of fondant (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | fondantitta | fondanteitta | ||
instructive | — | fondantein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “fondant”, 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 2023-07-02
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
fondant
Adjective edit
fondant (feminine fondante, masculine plural fondants, feminine plural fondantes)
- melting
- melt in the mouth
- (heraldry) stooping, as for prey; describes an eagle, falcon, etc. flying downward
Noun edit
fondant m (plural fondants)
- fondant (all senses)
Further reading edit
- “fondant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
fondant m or n (feminine singular fondantă, masculine plural fondanți, feminine and neuter plural fondante)
Declension edit
Declension of fondant
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | fondant | fondantă | fondanți | fondante | ||
definite | fondantul | fondanta | fondanții | fondantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | fondant | fondante | fondanți | fondante | ||
definite | fondantului | fondantei | fondanților | fondantelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French fondant.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fondant m (plural fondants)
- fondant (confectionery)