se fonder, v.r., to rely, to rest upon, to be grounded, to be founded. Se — sur l’analogie; to be founded upon analogy.
fonderie (fon-drî), n.f., foundry, foundery, founding; melting-house, smelting-house. — de caractères; letter-foundry, type-foundry.
fondeur, n.m., founder, melter; smelter (of ore). — en caractères; letter-founder, type-founder.
fondis, n.m., giving way, sinking, settling.
fondoir, n.m., melting-house.
fondre, v.a., to melt, to dissolve, to cast; (paint.) to soften; to blend. — une cloche; to cast a bell.
se fondre, v.r., to melt; to dissolve; to blend, to coalesce; to be cast; to be merged, to be fused; to diminish, to disappear suddenly, to melt away.
fondre, v.n., to melt down; to melt away; to dissolve; to burst (into tears); to dart, to pounce upon; to make a stoop (of birds); to fall away, to vanish. Il fondit sur lui; he pounced upon him. — en larmes; to burst into tears.
fondrière, n.f., bog, quagmire, slough, gully.
*fondrilles, n.f.pl., grounds, sediment, dregs. V. effondrilles.