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fondre.

to melt, melt down, smelt

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/fɔ̃dʁ/

  1. to melt, melt down, smelt

    transitive

  2. to melt

    intransitive

  3. to melt away, waste away

    intransitive

  4. to dwindle; to diminish

    intransitive

  5. to blend in, blend into

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

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

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