fondeur
French, noun/fɔ̃.dœʁ/
fondeur is spelled F-O-N-D-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fondeur is a French masculine noun meaning “owner of a foundry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui dirige une fonderie”.
What does fondeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineowner of a foundry
- 2
masculinefounder, the iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation in a foundry
noun
- 1
masculinecross-country skier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui dirige une fonderie. 2. Ouvrier ou artisan qui fond les canons, les cloches, les statues de bronze, etc. 3. Sportif qui pratique le ski de fond ou la course de fond. 4. Société fabricant des puces électroniques, comme des microprocesseurs.
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 fondeur
- fondeurs plural
- fondeuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fondeur?
- /fɔ̃.dœʁ/
- \fɔ̃.dœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fondeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fondeur in French?
fondeur appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).