fond
French, noun/fɔ̃/
fond is spelled F-O-N-D (4 letters) and appears 158 times per million words in written French, the 519th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fond is a French masculine noun meaning “back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of fondre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Endroit le plus bas, le plus intérieur d’une chose creuse”.
What does fond mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineback
- 2
masculinebottom
- 3
masculinefund; funding
- 4
masculinefoundation
- 5
masculinecontent
le fond et la forme
- 6
masculineessence
le fond du problème
- 7
masculinebackground
- 8
masculinebase
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of fondre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Endroit le plus bas, le plus intérieur d’une chose creuse. 2. Partie de liquide qui reste au fond. 3. Couche de terre, de sable, de rochers ou de vase que recouvre l’eau de la mer, d’un lac, d’une rivière à un endroit donné. 4. Hauteur de l’eau dans un endroit donné. → voir haut-fond et basfond
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fond
- fonds plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fond?
- /fɔ̃/
- \fɔ̃\
- [fɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fond
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fond in French?
fond appears 158 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).