Fond

Definition: Fond

Fond

Adjective

1. Having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace".

2. Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother".

3. (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies".

4. Absurd or silly because unlikely; "fond hopes of becoming President"; "fond fancies".

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

Date "fond" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Literature

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

Synonyms: Fond

Completeness

Throughout; from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble; a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft; every, whit, every inch; cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter; up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes; as.. as can be.

Hope

Castles in the air, castles in Spain, chateaux en Espagne, le pot aut lait, Utopia, millennium; day dream, golden dream; dream of Alnaschar; airy hopes, fool's paradise; mirage; (fallacies of vision); fond hope.

Intrinsicality

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

Love

Affectionate, tender, sweet upon, sympathetic, loving; amorous, amatory; fond, erotic, uxorious, ardent, passionate, rapturous, devoted, motherly.

Adjective: loving; Verb: fond of; taken with, struck with; smitten, bitten; attached to, wedded to; enamored; charmed; Verb: in love; love-sick; over head and ears in love, head over heels in love.

Warfare

Phrase: the battle rages; a la guerre comme a la guerre; bis peccare in bello non licet; jus gladii; "my voice is still for war"; "'tis well that war is so terrible, otherwise we might grow fond of it"; "my sentence is for open war"; "pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war"; "the cannons have their bowels full of wrath"; "the cannons..spit forth their iron indignation"; "the fire-eyed maid of smoky war"; silent leges inter arma; si vis pacem para bellum.

Crosswords: Fond

Albanian (bankroll, fund, reserve, stock), Czech (collection, fund), Dutch (ground, soil), French (back, background, bed, body, bosom, bottom, crux, depth, end, essence, foundation, fundus, gist, ground, heart, inwardness, substance, supply), German (back, background, foundation, rear), Hawaiian (fund), Norwegian (fund), Romanian (background, bottom, content, elements, essence, field, fund, gist, ground, groundwork, gut, matter, spine, staple, stock, substance, sum, supply), Serbo-Croatian (fund), Swedish (back, background, capital, centre, foundation, fund, stock, store).

Aw, Al, I'm gettin' kinda fond of you, kid. Not that I wanna pick out curtains or anything (Aladdin; writing credit: Roger Allers; Ron Clements)

My father was fond of saying you need three things in life--a good doctor, a forgiving priest, and a clever accountant (Schindler's List; writing credit: Steven Zaillian)

I'm not too fond of our Stonewall Jackson, either (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Aerodynamically impossible for them to fly, but they do it. I'm rather fond of bumblebees (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

'Cause, you know, sometimes our missions end up with you trying to kill me. I'm not fond of those (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

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

Par dix-huit mètres de fond (1943)

Le Ravin sans fond (1917)

Fond Heart Saves the Day (1913)

Drame au fond de la mer (1901)

Une famille du fond (1999)

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

Books

• A Forever Story: The People & Community of the Fond Du Lac Reservation (reference)

• Fond Du Lac: A Gift of the Glacier County (reference)

• Fond Memory (reference)

• In the Kitchen With Family & Friends: An Anniversary Collection of Yummy Recipes & Fond Memories for Sharing With Those You Love! (reference)

• No Fond Return of Love (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Fond Du Lac County Historical Society & Historic Galloway Ho (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Palisades Amusement Park, A Century of Fond Memories (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Fond Memories (reference)

• New York: With Fond Memories (reference)

• San Francisco: With Fond Memories (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• TRADITIONAL CHINESE FOND DIMM (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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

In: "Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie ....." by the French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 10. Fond de la Riviere Gennes. Detroit de Magellan. Library Call Number Q115 .D9 1842. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

The same man. Easy to see you're fond of children old Chap! Taste my nice ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Dairy herd. Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Roadside sign, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cattle on large dairy farm, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dairy farm, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farm buildings. Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farmyard. Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She was very fond of singing

The fond mother

He was fond of joking, says Fleury de Chaboulon

He was fond of his folks, but never showed it in any way.

The Queen became so fond of my company, that she could not dine without me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Infection is fond throughout the world. (references)

Business

The British are fond of scenic drives with the Grand Canyon, a popular fly/drive or RV rental destination. (references)

As the French are also highly fond of culture and history, many French visitors choose cities renowned for their artwork or museums. (references)

Trade

Chad

Some development projects are financed by international financial institutions such as the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AFDB/BAD); the Central African Development Bank (Banque de Developpement des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale - BDEAC); the European Investment Bank (Banque Europeen d'Investissement); the Islamic Development Bank; the European Development Fund (Fond Europeen pour le Developpement - FED); and the Arabic Fund for Economy and Social Development. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "fond": au fond ♦ be fond of ♦ be fond of doing smth. ♦ be fond of show ♦ be fond of smb. ♦ be very fond of ♦ become fond of ♦ Fond du Lac ♦ Fond du Lac County ♦ fond hope ♦ fond mother ♦ fond of ♦ fond of athletics ♦ fond of children ♦ fond of horses ♦ fond of learning ♦ fond of scandal ♦ fond of verbosity ♦ fond one's way ♦ fond regard ♦ get fond of ♦ grow fond ♦ grow fond of ♦ grow fond of smb. ♦ North Fond Du La ♦ North Fond du Lac ♦ passionately fond ♦ too fond of comfort. Additional references.

Ending with "fond": over-fond.

Afrikaans

mal wees oor (be fond of, love). (various references)

Albanian

naiv (credulous, ingenuous, lamb, naïve, naif, simpleminded, untutored), ledhatues (caressing), i dhënë së tepërmi, i dashur (affable, affected, affectionate, amiable, baby, beloved, caring, darling, dear, debonair, friendly, genial, gentle, good, good natured, kind, kindly, love, pleasant, precious, sweetheart, sweetie, Sweeting, sweety, Truelove, Valentine, warm). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مغرم (involved), ‏محب (affectionate, attached, loving, tender), ‏متسامح (broad minded, forbearing, forgiving, indulgent, large minded, lenient, liberal, merciful, mild, permissive, soft, tolerant), ‏حنون (affectionate, compassionate, feeling, kind, merciful, motherly, pitying, soft-hearted, soulful, tender, tender-hearted, whole-hearted), ‏أثير (beloved, darling, favorite, favourite). (various references)

Bulgarian 

гальовен (caressing), нежен (affectionate, dainty, delicate, dovelike, downy, fatherly, fragile, frail, loving, maidenly, melodious, melting, slender, soft, sweet, tender, womanly), наивен (artless, green, guileless, gullible, ingenuous, jejune, naпve, naif, silly, simple, undesigning, unsophisticated, untutored, unworldly, wide-eyed). (various references)

Chinese 

喜欢 (liked, liking, Pleasing). (various references)

Czech

toužebný (lingering, wishful, yearning), pošetilý (airy fairy, cock eyed, crackpot, fatuous, foolish, gowk, naïve, preposterous, silly, unreasonable), nìžný (affectionate, soft, tender), milující (affectionate, loving), mazlivý (cuddly), bláhový (foolish). (various references)

Danish

være vild efter (be fond of, love). (various references)

Dutch

verzot zýn op (be fond of, love), gek zýn op (be fond of, love), dol zýn op (be fond of, love). (various references)

Esperanto

ŝategi (be fond of, love). (various references)

Farsi 

مایل (Desirous, Gauche, Lief, Oblique, Solicitous, Wilful), مشتاق (Agog, Anxious, Avid, Desirous, Eager, Earnest, Enthusiast, Enthusiastic, Fervid, Hippie, Hungry, Keen, Perfervid, Raring, Solicitous, Studious, Thirsty, Wilful, Wishful, Wistful), علاقمند, خواهان (Actor, Candidate, Complainant, Desirous, Studious, Wishful), انس گرفته , شیفته (Amorous, Captive, Gaga, Mad). (various references)

Finnish

perso (a pig for, extremely fond, greedy), mieltyä (become fond of, take to), lapsirakas (fond of children), kiintynyt johonkuhun (devoted to, fond of), huvittelunhaluinen (fond of amusement, pleasure loving). (various references)

French

tendre, indulgent (forbearing, forbearingly, forgiven, forgiving), amoureux (follower). (various references)

German

zärtlich (affectionate, affectionately, amorous, caressing, endearing, fondly, gentle, loving, lovingly, tender, tenderly), verliebt (amatory, amorous, amorously, enamored, enamoured, falls in love). (various references)

Greek 

στοργικόσ (affectionate, loving), στοργικός (affectionate, caring), υπεραγαπών, φιλόστοργοσ (affectionate), αυτόσ που αγαπάει πολύ, τρυφερόσ (loving, tender), τρυφερός (caring, tender). (various references)

Hebrew 

מחבב (affectionate, partial). (various references)

Hungarian

szeretõ (light-o'-love, lover, loving, mistress, paramour, Valentine), szerető (affectionate, lover, loving, marrow, paramour, sisterly, solicitude, sweetheart, sweetie), kedvenc (advantageous, angel, darling, favorite, favourable, favourite, pet), hiszékeny (confiding, credulous, green, gullible, quick of belief), gyöngéd, dédelgetett (cherished). (various references)

Icelandic

vera vitlaus í (be fond of, love). (various references)

Indonesian

menyukai. (various references)

Italian

tenero (soft, sweet, tender), appassionato (ardent, eager, enthusiast, fan, heated, impassioned, interested, keen, lover, passionate, sultry), amante (amateur, keen, lover, lover of, lovingly, man), affezionato (attached, clingy, loving), affettuoso (affectionate, cordial, endearing, hearty, loving, warm-hearted). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

子煩悩 (indulgent). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"ぼ�"のう (indulgent). (various references)

Korean 

다� �한 (Affectionate). (various references)

Manx

ommidagh (crack, crack of person, daft, dense, dense of mind, inept), keainal (accommodating, civil, civil as person, lenient, obliging), graihagh (affectionate, amorous, lovable, lovesome, loving). (various references)

Norwegian

kjærlig (loving). (various references)

Pig Latin

ondfay.(various references)

Portuguese

carinhoso (affectionate, amorous, loving), apreciador (appraiser, connoisseur, fancier), apaixonado (doting, enthusiastic, heartwarming, hot-blooded, impassioned, in love, inamorato, infatuated, lover, lovesick, nutty, passionate, spoony, stormy, swain, tropic, tropical, vehement, warm, warm-blooded), amoroso (amative, amorous, loveable, loverlike, loving), amigo (boyfriend, brother, bud, chap, chum, downstage, friend, friendly, kind, kindly, matey, maty, nice, pal, pally, well-wisher), amável (accommodating, affable, amiable, attentive, complaisant, complimentary, courteous, friendly, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-humoured, good-natured, kind, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, nice, obsequious, pleasing, sociable, sporty, sweet, well-natured), afeiçoado (affectionate, attached, devoted, friend). (various references)

Romanian

fi amator de (fancy), tandru (affectionate, amorous, dearly, fondly, gentle, gently, loving, soft, soft-hearted, tender, tenderly), prea indulgent, iubitor (affectionate, affectionately, amorous, devoted, endearing, fancy man, loving), duios (affectionate, dearly, doleful, endearing, loving, pathetic, pathetically, soft, sorrowful, sweet, tender), dezmierdãtor (affectionate, charming, delightful, sweet, tender), bun (affectionate, applicable, belongings, beneficial, benevolent, bonny, bright, canny, capital, clever, decent, domain, eminent, fair, favorable, favourable, fine, fit, fitting, fortunate, fortune, genuine, good, goods, grand, grandfather, grandparent, happy, honest, humane, kind, kindly, nice, okay, pleasurable, proper, real, right, salutary, skilful, skillful, soft-hearted, splendid, suitable, true, upright, useful, virtuous, well, wholesome). (various references)

Russian 

любящий (adoring, affectionate, affectionately, amatory, loving). (various references)

Scottish

toigheach, gaolach (beloved), beadarrach (cajoling, pampered, sportive). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sklon (bent, disposed, inclinable, inclined, minded, open, partial, prone, slanted), nežan (affectionate, dainty, delicate, endearing, frail, gentle, kind, loving, melting, tender), koji voli (loving). (various references)

Spanish

indulgente (forgiving, indulgent, lenient), cariñoso (adoring, affable, affectionate, amorous, endearing, kind, kindly, loving, warm), aficionado (amateur, amateurish, bushleague, dabbler, dilettante, fan, fancier, keen, lover, non-professional, partial), afectuoso (affectionate, cordial, devoted, selfless, tender, warm). (various references)

Swedish

tycka om (appreciate, be fond of, care for, enjoy, fancy, like), släpphänt (butterfingered, indulgent), kärleksfull (affectionate, amorous, loving, lovingly, tender), innerlig (devout, fervent, heartfelt, hearty, home-felt, intimate), eftergiven (acquiescent, compliant, conformable, indulgent, lenient, permissive, pliable, pliant, weak-kneed), öm (affectionate, loving, raw, sore, tender). (various references)

Thai

ลมๆ แล้งๆ (ความหวัง), �"้วยความรักใคร่. (various references)

Turkish

seven (affectionate, loving, phil-, phile), pervasız (bluff, careless, daft, daring, devil may care, fearless, gutsy, harum scarum, reckless), düşkün (addict, addicted, affected, almsman, decayed, devotee, doting, down at heels, fallen, fallen on hard times, given to, jealous, jealous of, keen, keen on, partial, poor, sharp-set), abartılı (dithyrambic, exaggerated, fustian, hyperbolic, hyperbolical, inflated, magniloquent, ornate, overdone, puffy, slobbery, spread eagle, stagey, stagy, steep, swelling, tall, theatrical, turgescent, turgid, well-rounded), aşırı (acute, beastly, beyond, breakneck, camp, confoundedly, cruelly, crusted, damned, dead, deep, desperate, desperately, devilish, disproportionate, every other day, exaggerated, exceeding, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, exquisite, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, extremely, fancy, ferocious, filthy, fulsome, hard, heavy, hell, hell of, high, horrendous, horrific, hyper-, immoderate, inordinate, intense, intensive, like hell, like sin, outrageous, over, overweening, precious, shocking, splitting, steep, super, terribly, thick, ultra, unbounded, unco, unconscionable, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, violent). (various references)

Turkmen 

gowy gцrmek (be fond of, like). (various references)

Ukrainian

фонд (bank, chest, fund, stock), фон (background, champ, groundwork, tint), ніжний (affectional, affectionate, balmy, delicate, devoted, fatherly, melting, sentimental, silken, silky, sisterly, soft, tender), нерозсудливий (bullheaded, fool, imprudent, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, precipitate, reckless, unadvised, unreasonable, unwise), люблячий (affectionate, amatory, loving). (various references)

Vietnamese 

yêu mến quá đỗi, ngây thơ (naive). (various references)

Welsh

hoff (dear), cu (beloved, dear, kind). (various references)

fonne. (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words beginning with "fond": fondant, fondants, fonded, fonder, fondest, fonding, fondle, fondled, fondler, fondlers, fondles, fondling, fondlings, fondly, fondness, fondnesses, fonds, fondu, fondue, fondues, fondus. (additional references)

Words ending with "fond": overfond, plafond, unfond. (additional references)

Words containing "fond": plafonds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Fond" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dond, fendi, fendo, Fendt, fenmd, findi, findl, findo, fnord, Foad, fobd, fod, fodd, foed, foid, foln, fom, fona, fonc, Fonde, Fondo, fong, fonk, fonn, fono, Fonu, fony, fonz, fooad, foon, foud, funcd, Funda, fundi, fundo, fundy, funf, funrd, fynd, Ofd, ond, vond, zond. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: don, fon, nod.

-2 letters: do, no, od, of, on.

+1 letter: fonds, fondu, found, frond.

+2 letters: enfold, fandom, fantod, foined, fonded, fonder, fondle, fondly, fondue, fondus, founds, fronds, infold, offend, unfold, unfond.

+3 letters: cofound, confide, cornfed, doffing, enfolds, fandoms, fanfold, fantods, folding, fondant, fondest, fonding, fondled, fondler, fondles, fondues, fording, fordone, forfend, founded, founder, foundry, fronded, fronted, frowned, fungoid, handoff, infolds, nonfood, offends, offhand, onefold, outfind, pinfold, plafond, refound, sendoff, tenfold, unfolds, unfound.