fondue

F4O1N1D2U1E1
UK/ˈfɒndjuː/UK/ˈfɒnduː/US/fɑnˈdu/

noun

A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.

“a Swiss fondue”

Similar
fondu
OriginFrench fondue →
Less commonScrabble 10
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounfondue (countable and uncountable, plural fondues)

plural fondues

  1. countableuncountableA dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.

    a Swiss fondue

verbfondue (third-person singular simple present fondues, present participle fonduing or fondueing, simple past and past participle fondued)

present singular third person fondues · participle present fonduing · participle present fondueing · participle past fondued · past fondued

  1. To prepare or serve as a fondue.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces

Similar
fondu
Broader
dish

nounhot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped

Similar
fondu
Broader
dish
Also see
fondu

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchfondue“melted”
  2. Englishfondue

Unadapted borrowing from French fondue (“melted”), from fondre (“to melt”).

More words from French

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans fondue
  • fonduedish
Arabic فُونْدُو
  • فُونْدُو (fūndū)dish
Chinese Mandarin 干酪火鍋, 巧克力火鍋 /巧克力火锅
  • 干酪火鍋 (gānlào huǒguō)dish
  • 巧克力火鍋 /巧克力火锅 (qiǎokèlì huǒguō)dish
  • 火鍋 /火锅 (huǒguō)dish
Danish fondue
  • fonduedish
Dutch fondue
  • fonduedish
Finnish fondue, fondyy
  • fonduedish
  • fondyydish
French fondue
  • fonduedish
German Fondue
  • Fonduedish
Hungarian fondü
  • fondüdish
Indonesian fondu
  • fondudish
Italian fonduta
  • fondutadish
Japanese フォンデュ
  • フォンデュ (fondyu)dish
Korean 퐁뒤
  • 퐁뒤 (pongdwi)dish
Malay fondu
  • fondudish
Persian فندو
  • فندو (fondu)dish
Polish fondue
  • fonduedish
Portuguese fondue
  • fonduedish
Romanian fondue
  • fonduedish
Russian фондю́
  • фондю́ (fondjú)dish
Spanish fondue
  • fonduedish
Swedish fondue
  • fonduedish
Thai ฟงดูว์
  • ฟงดูว์ (fong-duu)dish
Turkish fondü
  • fondüdish
Ukrainian фондю́
  • фондю́ (fondjú)dish
Cite this entry
APA

fondue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fondue

MLA

“fondue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fondue. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fondue,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fondue.

Source: fondue on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.