Chase the meaning of a word fondue

 

A word, fondue in German, 

 is cheese - served as a cheese dish made from melted cheese, white wine and seasoning with white bread, cooked on an  alcohol burner/stove;

or meat - pieces of meat, which are cooked with hot fat floating on an alcohol burner/stove  (French)

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In another German dictionary:

[French fondue, really = melted， fondre]

a. It is a Swiss dish. A small piece of bread dips into melting and floating mixture of hard cheese, white wine and seasoning and serves as a dish.

b. It is a short form of meat fondue. 

c. Chinese fondue (google traslate translated as 中國火鍋）, use soup instead of oil.

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In an English dictionary，

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In another English dictionary, fondue is said to be derived from a French verb fondre's past participle:

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On page 773 In a French dictionary:

fondre:

I. As a transitive verb:

  1. Liquify by heating solid or pasty material into liquid

   2. Make something with molten material

   3. Combing somethings together by melting to form something; to amalgamate

II. As an intransitive verb:

   1. Heating to liquify

   2. Dissolve in a liquid

   3. Decrease quickly

III. As an intrasitive verb: melt on

IV. se fondre, as a reflective verb (acting on the subject itself in French) 

   1. Liquify itself

   2. Wait itself

   3. Combine together itself

 

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In google translate, fondue is translated as 火鍋：

In a Chinese-English dictionary: 火鍋 is hot pot

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In a Chinese-English dictionary, 火鍋 is chafing dish:

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Conclusions：

1. Fondue's origin is a French verb, fondre, meaning melt, dissolve, blend, merge, combine.

2. French verb's past participle is fondu. With an "e", fondue becomes a noun （feminine noun in French).

3. Fondue means

   a. A dish in which cubes of meat in hot oil cookd and served;

   b. A dish in which Cheese, bread, white wine and seasoning in hot oil cooked and served;

   c. A Chinese dish (Chinese fondue or 火鍋)。The ingredients are not in oil but in soup.

4. I feel, fondue, you could also translated as 燉肉 in Chinese, or 燉 as a verb. In English, probably similar to slow cook or something like that.

5. You need more than one dictionary for finding the meaning of a word or in your translation work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• But neither gives the etymology. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2023 postreply 14:26:42

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