fondoir
French, noun/fɔ̃.dwaʁ/
fondoir is spelled F-O-N-D-O-I-R (7 letters). Fondoir is a French masculine noun meaning “melting-house (for tallow, suet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où les bouchers fondent les graisses et les suifs”.
What does fondoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemelting-house (for tallow, suet)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où les bouchers fondent les graisses et les suifs. 2. Récipient où l'on fait fondre diverse matières, bitume, graisse, neige, etc.
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 fondoir
- fondoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fondoir?
- /fɔ̃.dwaʁ/
- \fɔ̃.dwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.