fonceur, n.m., sinker (of wells).
fonci-er, -ère, adj., landed; ☉deep-seated, thorough. Contribution —ère; land-tax. Propriétaire —; land owner. Rente —ère; ground rent.
foncièrement (-sièr-mān), adv., thoroughly, completely; at the bottom; in the main.
fonction, n.f., functions, office. pl., functions, duty, office; working, action. Entrer en —; to enter upon one’s duties or upon office. Faire ses —s; to perform one’s duties. Sortir de —; to retire from office. En —; acting, at work.
fonctionnaire, n.m., functionary; officer, office-holder, official.
fonctionnel, -le, adj., functional.
fonctionnement, n.m., acting, operating, working, action.
fonctionner, v.n., to work, to act, to operate.
fond, n.m., bottom, end, lower end, ground; groundwork; foundation; depth; center, heart, further end, most remote part, main point; basis; essential part, essence, gist; (paint.) background. pl., (print.) inner margin; (thea.) back-scene; (mining) underground; recess; (nav.) flooring (of a cap, crown, caul). Sans —; bottomless. Tomber au —; to fall to the bottom. Le — d’un carrosse; the back of a coach. — de lit; wooden bottom of a bed. Dans le —; at bottom, in reality. Le — d’un bois; the heart of a forest. Il faut venir au —; we must get to the bottom. Voir le — du sac; to search, probe, a thing to the bottom. Velours à — d’or; velvet with a gold ground. Des arbres occupent le — du tableau; trees occupy the background of the picture. Le — d’un miroir; the back of a looking-glass. Bas-—, (—-—s) deep water. Haut-—, (—-—s) shallow water. Perdre —; to get out of one’s depth. Prendre —; to touch bottom. Donner —; (nav.) to cast anchor. Couler à —; (nav.) to sink, to run down. À — de cale; in the bottom of the hold. À —; thoroughly, fully, to the bottom, perfectly. Fin —; lowest depth, very depths of, innermost recesses; farthest end, extremity, ends of. Il possède cette science à —; he is a thorough master of that science. Au —; in the main, at bottom. De — en comble; wholly, from top to bottom, irretrievably. Il est ruiné de — en comble; he is utterly ruined. Faire — sur; (fig.) to rely, to depend on.
fondage, n.m., casting, smelting, melting.