fondとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 中期英語 fond, fonned, past participle of fonnen (“to be foolish, be simple, dote”), equivalent to fon +‎ -ed. More at fon.

形容詞

fond (comparative fonder, superlative fondest)

1. Having a liking or affection (for). [(chiefly) with of]

   I am fond of this song!

   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     more fond on her than she upon her love

   • 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:

     a great traveller, and fond of telling his adventures

2. Affectionate.

   a fond farewell

   a fond mother or wife

3. Indulgent, doting.

   I have fond grandparents who spoil me.

   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

     “The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]”

4. Outlandish; foolish; silly.

   Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.

5. (obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent
     to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes near
     nobody.

   • c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     Grant I may never prove so fond
     To trust man on his oath or bond.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     [T]hou seest
     How suttly to detaine thee I devise,
     Inviting thee to hear while I relate,
     Fond, were it not in hope of thy reply …

   • 1669, John Dryden, Tyrannic Love, III.ii:

     But reason with your fond religion fights,
     For many gods are many infinites …

   • 1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Midnight Mass For the Dying Year:

     The foolish, fond Old Year,

6. (obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.
   • 1812–1818, Lord Byron, “(please specify |canto=I to IV)”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. , London: John Murray,, (please specify the stanza number):

     Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

派生語

動詞

fond (third-person singular simple present fonds, present participle fonding, simple past and past participle fonded)

1. (obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.
2. (obsolete) To caress; to fondle.
   • 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.

同意語

• (to caress): grope, pet, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle

派生語

• fondle

語源 2

From French, ultimately from Latin fundus. Doublet of fund and fundus.

名詞

fond (plural fonds)

1. The background design in lace-making.
2. (cooking) Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.

   He used the fond to make a classic French pan sauce.

3. (information science) A group of records having shared provenance.
   • 1999, Graham Kee Lee Tan, Village social organisation and peasant action: Right-bank Ukraine during the revolution 1917–1923 (doctoral dissertation), London: University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, Preface & Acknowledgements, page 3:

     To denote archival material collected from Ukrainian archives I have used the Ukrainian system of classification (i.e. fond, opys, sprava and arkush). I have used the Russian system for material from Russian archives (i.e. fond, opis, delo, stranitsa). I have also provided a glossary of terms used for Ukrainian, Russian or Polish terms at the back of the thesis for easy reference.

4. (obsolete) Foundation; bottom; groundwork.
5. (obsolete) Fund, stock, or store.

Further reading

• Fond on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fonds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

名詞

fond

1. alternative form of fend

語源 2

形容詞

fond

1. alternative form of fonned

語源 3

動詞

fond

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of fonden