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/fɔ̃/
Translation
bottom, back, depth
Word origin
From Latin fundus ('bottom, base, foundation'). English 'fund', 'foundation' and 'profound' come from the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- fundus
- English cognates
- fund, foundation, profound
Grammar
Examples
- , .
Sit at the back of the room, there are still free seats.
, - l' davantage.
At the end of the day, he may be right and I should listen to him more.
coule metres port.
The boat sank in twenty metres of water in the harbour.
, .
At the bottom of the garden, there is an old tree.
, ' ' .
Deep down, I agree with what he said.
Fond est un nom masculin avec plusieurs sens : le fond (bottom) d'un recipient ou d'une etendue d'eau, le fond (back) d'une piece ou d'un couloir, et au sens figure le fond (essence, substance) d'une question. Au fond (at the end of the day, basically) est une locution adverbiale tres courante.
A fond (thoroughly, at full speed) est une locution intensive : travailler a fond (to work flat out). Dans le fond est synonyme de au fond. Le fond du probleme (the heart of the problem) et aller au fond des choses (to get to the bottom of things) sont des expressions utiles.
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