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Au Fond

Definition: Au Fond

Au Fond

Adverb

1. At bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Au Fond

Synonyms: basically (adv), essentially (adv), fundamentally (adv), in essence (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Au Fond

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Intrinsicality

Adverb: intrinsically; Adjective: at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond; fairly.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Au Fond

Non-English Usage: "Au Fond" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (at bottom, basically, loose).

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Modern Usage: Au Fond

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Au fond de mon regard (Someone I love, Someone who loves me; performing artist: Dion)

Movie/TV Titles

Drame au fond de la mer (1901)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Au Fond

DomainTitle

Books

  • A hurler le soir au fond des collèges : l'enseignement de la langue française (reference)

  • Trieux : soixante-dix-neuf jours au fond pour la Lorraine (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Au Fond

Language Translations for "au fond"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Turkish

  

aslında (actually, at bottom, at heart, basically, essentially, in fact, in first place, in itself, in reality, in sober fact, in very deed, indeed, originally, primarily, really, substantially, verily, virtually), esasen (essentially, fundamentally, radically, substantially). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Au Fond

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-f-n-o-u"

-1 letter: fondu, found.

-2 letters: dona, fado, fano, faun, fond, fund, undo.

-3 letters: ado, and, don, dun, duo, fad, fan, fon, fou, fud, fun, nod, oaf, oud, udo.

-4 letters: ad, an, do, fa, na, no, nu, od, of, on, un.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-f-n-o-u"
 

+3 letters: outfawned.

 

+4 letters: endosulfan, fairground, floribunda, foundation, fountained, furanoside, latifundio, outflanked, sulfonated.

 

+5 letters: diffusional, endosulfans, fairgrounds, fecundation, floribundas, fluorinated, foundations, furanosides, latifundios, sulfonamide.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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