"fondement" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /fɔ̃d.mɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-fondement.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-fondement.wav [France] (note: Somain), LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-fondement.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: fondements [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French fondement, from Old French fondement, from Latin fundamentum. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|fondement|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French fondement, {{inh+|fr|frm|fondement}} Inherited from Middle French fondement, {{inh|fr|fro|fondement}} Old French fondement, {{inh|fr|la|fundamentum}} Latin fundamentum Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} fondement m (plural fondements)
  1. foundation Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fondement-fr-noun-K9i3sNg- Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
  2. fundament (anus) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fondement-fr-noun-QfLsbYiW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fondamental, fonder

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|var=1}} fondement
  1. alternative form of foundement Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: foundement
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Noun [Old French]

Forms: fondement oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], fondemenz [oblique, plural], fondementz [oblique, plural], fondemenz [nominative, singular], fondementz [nominative, singular], fondement [nominative, plural], fundement [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin fundamentum. Etymology templates: {{ety|fro|:inh|la:fundāmentum}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*fundos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fundus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "denominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ājō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "intransitive verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂ti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fundō", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥tom", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-mentom", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-mentum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fundāmentum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "fondement", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" }" data-lang="fro" data-title="fondement">, {{der|fro|la|fundamentum}} Latin fundamentum, {{ety|fro|:inh|la:fundāmentum}} Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} fondement oblique singular, m (oblique plural fondemenz or fondementz, nominative singular fondemenz or fondementz, nominative plural fondement)
  1. foundation, start, beginning
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  2. foundation (of a building)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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