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fondant

/ˈfɒndənt/
/fɒnˈdɒnt/
/fɒ̃ˈdɒ̃/
/fɔ̃ˈdɒ̃/

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19th century. Unadapted borrowing from French fondant (“melting”), from fondre (“to melt”), from Latin fundere (“to melt”).

noun fondants

uncountable, usually A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies. To produce most types of fondant, you cook sugar, corn syrup, and water and beat the cooled mixture into a creamy paste. You may find a fondant recipe that includes other ingredients, but the three primary ingredients are the ones listed here.
countable A candy or cake filled with such a preparation. "Don't!" said Mrs. Mallowe, feebly. "You make my head ache. I'm miserable to-day. Stay me with fondants, comfort me with chocolates[.]"
countable, uncountable A sugar dough, usually prepared as large sheets (rolled fondant), used in place of icing to cover large areas of cakes, composed of sugar, water, gelatin, glycerine. Stan made a heroic attempt at a tiered cinnamon cake with a rolled fondant icing that came out gray and tore when he draped it over the cake.
uncountable, usually Fondue. fondant chocolate
uncountable, usually The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion.
countable, slang, uncountable Facial makeup (cosmetics), when used excessively.

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noun flavored sugar preparation

中文	翻糖
Deutsch	Fondant
Русский	пома́дная ма́сса pomádnaja mássa, пома́дка pomádka

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@misc{fondant_2026,
  title = {fondant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fondant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}