fondamental
French, noun/fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.tal/
fondamental is a French masculine noun meaning “fundamental (that which is fundamental)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fondement, base fondamentale”.
What does fondamental mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fundamental
noun
- 1
masculinefundamental (that which is fundamental)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Ce qui précède le commencement, l'origine de toute chose, qui est au fondement de. 2. Qui sert de fondement à un édifice, à une construction. 3. Qui est principal, essentiel.
noun: 1. Fondement, base fondamentale. 2. Dans une décomposition spectrale, composante principale, par opposition aux harmoniques.
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 fondamental
- fondamentale feminine
- fondamentaux masculine plural
- fondamentales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fondamental?
- /fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.tal/
- \fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.tal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fondamental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fondamental in French?
fondamental appears 8.9 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).