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Definitions

Noun

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

   "a Swiss fondue"

2. 2
   hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped wordnet
3. 3
   cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To prepare or serve as a fondue.

Synonyms

All synonyms

fondu

Example

More examples

"What am I supposed to dip in the fondue?"

Etymology

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

Related phrases

fondue fork

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.