fondant

 

 

 

19th century. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French fondant (“melting”), from fondre (“to melt”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fundere (“to melt”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɒndənt/, /fɒnˈdɒnt/, /fɒ̃ˈdɒ̃/, /fɔ̃ˈdɒ̃/

fondant (countable and uncountable, plural fondants)

1. (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.

2. (countable) A candy filled with such a preparation.
3. (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.
4. (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, […]

5. (usually uncountable) The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion.

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fondant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Stooping, as for prey: said of an eagle, a falcon, etc.

•   fondant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Category:Fondant on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
•   Category:Fondant au chocolat on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Borrowing from French fondant.

• IPA^(key): /fɔnˈdɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: fon‧dant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

fondant m or n (plural fondants, diminutive fondantje n)

1. (Netherlands) fondant (sugary substance)
2. (Belgium) dark chocolate

• fondantsuiker

< French fondant

fondant

1. Alternative term for fondantti.

• Finnish and English "fondant" do not mean same things.

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃.dɑ̃/

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fondant

1. present participle of fonder
2. present participle of fondre

fondant (feminine fondante, masculine plural fondants, feminine plural fondantes)

1. melting
2. melt in the mouth

fondant m (plural fondants)

1. fondant (all senses)

• IPA^(key): /fonˈdand/ [fõn̪ˈd̪ãn̪d̪]

fondant m (plural fondants)

1. fondant (confectionery)