fondre conjugation: all tenses in French, with meaning

/fɔ̃dʁ/

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Translation

to melt, to dissolve

Word origin

From Latin fundere ('to pour, to melt'). English 'found' in the sense of casting metal, plus 'fusion' and 'foundry', all come from the same verb.

Origin: Latin
Root: fundere
English cognates: foundry, fusion

Grammar

Verb type-re regular (3rd group), conjugated like rendre

Conjugation

Regular -re (vendre-style) conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person	Present	Imperfect	Past historic	Future	Conditional
je	fonds	fondais	fonis	fondrai	fondrais
tu	fonds	fondais	fonis	fondras	fondrais
il/elle	fond	fondait	fonit	fondra	fondrait
nous	fondons	fondions	fonîmes	fondrons	fondrions
vous	fondez	fondiez	fonîtes	fondrez	fondriez
ils/elles	fondent	fondaient	fonirent	fondront	fondraient

Subjunctive

Person	Present	Imperfect
je	fonde	fonisse
tu	fondes	fonisses
il/elle	fonde	fonît
nous	fondions	fonissions
vous	fondiez	fonissiez
ils/elles	fondent	fonissent

Imperative

Person	Affirmative
tu	fonds
nous	fondons
vous	fondez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle: fondant
Past participle: fonu

Examples

au .

The snow melts in the sun.

The butter was slowly melting.

They melt the metal in the fire.

fondu .

She burst into tears.

Ice creams melt too quickly in summer.

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This word is part of lesson 58.