fondamental, -e, adj., fundamental, essential, radical.
fondamentalement (-tal-mān), adv., fundamentally, essentially, radically.
fondant, -e, adj., melting, dissolving. Tableau —; dissolving view. Poire —e; melting, over-ripe pear.
fondant, n.m., flux (melting); sweetmeat.
fondat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., founder, foundress.
fondation, n.f., foundation; groundwork; basis, bed; bottoming (of roads); endowment, establishment. La — d’une colonie; the establishment of a colony.
fondé, n.m., proxy. — de pouvoirs, de procuration; private attorney; agent acting under power of attorney, legal representative.
fondé, -e, adj., founded, well-founded; authentic, strong; (fin.) consolidated. Être — à; to have a right to, to have authority to, to be justified in. Être — en droit; to have a just cause.
fondement (fond-mān), n.m., foundation; groundwork; basis; ground, cause. Jeter les —s de la paix; to lay the foundations of peace. Ce bruit est sans —; that report is without foundation. Dénué de —; groundless.
fonder, v.a., to lay the foundation, to build, to erect, to found; to ground, to base, to rest; to establish; to justify; to endow. — un empire; to lay the foundation of an empire.