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fondamentos

fondamentos is the plural of fondamento.

Meaning of fondamento

Noun

fondamento (plural fondamentos)

  1. A quay along an Italian waterway.
    • That view up the fondamento is at all times one of the loveliest aspects of the lovely little island town, but in the month of May a strange enchantment is added.1991, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Green shades: an anthology of plants, gardens and gardeners, page 84
  2. An instrumental bass part that forms the basis of the melody, and against which other instruments provide harmony.
    • John Frederick Peter, born in 1746, left behind him an ambitious work, dated 1763, entitled Partitur einer Freuden Music zum Friedens Dank Feste, scored for four-part chorus and strings, two flutes, two trumpets and fondamento."1931, John Tasker Howard, Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It, page 25

Questions about fondamentos

What is fondamentos the plural of?
Fondamentos is the plural of fondamento.

Words near fondamentos in the dictionary

  1. fondaco
  2. fondacos
  3. fondak
  4. fondaks
  5. fondamento
  6. fondamentos
  7. fondant
  8. fondant icing
  9. fondant potato
  10. fondant potatoes
  11. fondante potato

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