fondue

UK: /ˈfɒndjuː/

US: /fɑnˈdu, -ˈdju/

US: (fon do̅o̅′, -dyo̅o̅′,  fon′do̅o̅, -dyo̅o̅; Fr. fôn dy′)

Inflections of 'fondue' (n): npl: fondues

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

fon•due /fɑnˈdu, -ˈdyu/   n. 

1. Food [uncountable] a hot dish of melted cheese and wine.
2. Food, Foreign Terms a dish of hot liquid in which small pieces of food are cooked or dipped:
   [countable] a chocolate fondue.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

fon•due  (fon do̅o̅′, -dyo̅o̅′,  fon′do̅o̅, -dyo̅o̅; Fr. fôn dy′), n., pl. -dues (-do̅o̅z′, -dyo̅o̅z′, -do̅o̅z, -dyo̅o̅z; Fr. -dy′), adj. [Cookery.]
n. 

1. Food, Foreign Terms a saucelike dish of Swiss origin made with melted cheese and seasonings together with dry white wine, usually flavored with kirsch: served as a hot dip for pieces of bread.
2. Food, Foreign Terms a dish of hot liquid in which small pieces of food are cooked or dipped:
   beef fondue; chocolate fondue.
3. Foreign Terms, Food a baked soufflélike dish usually containing cheese and cracker crumbs or bread crumbs.

adj. 

4. Foreign Terms, Food Also, fondu. melted.

• French; feminine of fondu fondu
• 1875–80

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fondue / ˈfɒndjuː fɔ̃dy/ noun

1. a Swiss dish, consisting of cheese melted in white wine or cider, into which small pieces of bread are dipped and then eaten

Etymology: 19th Century: from French, feminine of fondu melted, from fondre to melt; see fondant