• (RP) IPA: /fɒnd/
• (GA) IPA: /fɑnd/

fond (comparative fonder, superlative fondest)

1. (chiefly, with of) Having a liking or affection (for).
   • c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene i]:

     more fond on her than she upon her love

   • a great traveller, and fond of telling his adventures

2. affectionate#English|Affectionate.

   a fond farewell

   a fond mother or wife

3. indulgent#English|Indulgent.

   I have fond grandparents who spoil me.

4. outlandish#English|Outlandish; foolish; silly.

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

5. (obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, sc. 1:

     If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent

     to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes near

     nobody.

   • 1605–06, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, sc. 2:

     Grant I may never prove so fond

     To trust man on his oath or bond.

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

     The foolish, fond Old Year,

6. (obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.

   • Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.

• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

• German: lieb haben, gern haben be fond of
• Italian: affettuoso, tenero, amoroso, premuroso
• Portuguese: afeiçoado, meigo, carinhoso
• Russian: лю́бящий
• Spanish: afectuoso

• Italian: indulgente, condiscendente, benevolo, comprensivo, tollerante, compiacente
• Portuguese: indulgente, complacente, tolerante
• Spanish: indulgente, condescendiente

• Italian: pazzesco, insensato, immaginario
• Portuguese: insensato, tolo, imprudente, precipitado
• Spanish: insensato, imprudente

fond (fonds, present participle fonding; past and past participle fonded)

1. (obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.
2. (obsolete) To caress; to fondle.

   • The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.

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

• Italian: affezionarsi, preferire, avere un debole, indulgere, accondiscendere
• Portuguese: carinho
• Spanish: encariñarse, encariñarse

• French: tenir à, épris
• German: gern haben, hängen an, mögen, lieben, lieb haben
• Italian: volere bene, piacere
• Portuguese: carinho
• Russian: люби́ть
• Spanish: tener cariño a, querer

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