English Explanatory Dictionary

fondamento

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quay along an Italian waterway.
  2. An instrumental bass part that forms the basis of the melody, and against which other instruments provide harmony.

Word forms

fondamento fondamentos

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fondamento (“foundation”). By surface analysis, fond (“background”) + Italian -amento. Doublet of fundament.

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