Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.

    a Swiss fondue

    Fondue

    фондю́fondjú

    фондю́fondjú

    hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped

Examples

8 sentences
  1. I bought a fondue cookbook.

  2. Let's meet at that fondu restaurant.

  3. Please cube the cheese for the fondue.

  4. What am I supposed to dip in the fondue?

  5. Mary is eating fondue.

    ruМэри ест фондю. — Wezel

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French fondue (“melted”), from fondre (“to melt”).

Unadapted borrowing from French fondue (“melted”), from fondre (“to melt”).

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Forms

plural: fondues
Singularfondue
Pluralfondues

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped:fondu
  • cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces:fondu

Word family

1 related words

See also

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