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say it: fahnd
fond is an adjective meaning "having or displaying warmth or affection". It is pronounced /ˈfɑnd/ — fahnd. It carries 4 recorded senses.
having or displaying warmth or affection
“affectionate children”
“a fond embrace”
“fond of his nephew”
“a tender glance”
extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
“adoring grandparents”
“deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain”
“hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fond come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.