fonda

¹

[ fawn-dah; English fon-duh ]

noun

, Spanish.

, plural fon·das [fawn, -dahs, fon, -d, uh, z].

1. an inn or restaurant.

Fonda

²

[ fon-duh ]

noun

1. Henry, 1905–82, U.S. actor.
2. his daughter Jane, born 1937, U.S. actress.

Fonda

/ ˈfɒndə /

noun

1. FondaHenry19051982MUSFILMS AND TV: actor Henry . 1905–82, US film actor. His many films include Young Mr Lincoln (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Twelve Angry Men (1957), and On Golden Pond (1981) for which he won an Oscar
2. FondaJane1937FUSFILMS AND TV: actress his daughter Jane . born 1937, US film actress. Her films include Klute (1971) for which she won an Oscar, Julia (1977), The China Syndrome (1979), On Golden Pond (1981), and Old Gringo (1989)
3. FondaPeter1939MUSFILMS AND TV: actor her brother, Peter . born 1939, US film actor, who made his name in Easy Rider (1969); later films include Ulee's Gold (1997) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007)

Example Sentences

The slapstick tussles between Fonda and Lopez, who both bring their A-game to this extremely silly film, will keep you in stitches.

From Time

Fonda’s trajectory from sex symbol to Oscar-winning activist could have been a road map to success for the Playboy model-turned-actress’ post-Baywatch career.

From Time

An analogous move, Brownstein argues, took place in politics, as Hayden and Fonda essentially unplugged — they softened their earlier stance as revolutionaries and, instead, through the Indochina Peace Campaign, began lobbying to effect change.

From Washington Post

He once remarked to me that “Henry Fonda turns in the same performance year after year and the critics always call it wonderful.”

From The Daily Beast

Fonda tried in vain to convince Jarrow and Archer to ditch the project.

From The Daily Beast

Fonda was always willing to speak out even when it might be detrimental to her career.

From The Daily Beast

Despite the hard work of women like Fonda, Archer said, there had been no sea-change in attitudes within the industry.

From The Daily Beast

The Trial of Jane Fonda is at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh until August 24.

From The Daily Beast

Many an evening have I met them on these roads, billing and cooing like the doves on La Fonda's eaves.

From Project Gutenberg

But what he said has become true; for when again he set his foot among the dead ashes of Fonda's Bush, it became Broadalbin.

From Project Gutenberg

"I cannot desert Mr. Fonda at such a time," said she with that same pale and frightened obstinacy I had encountered at Bowman's.

From Project Gutenberg

At the well I called to my men, who got up from the grass and greeted Major Fonda with unmilitary familiarity.

From Project Gutenberg

"If you wish it, I am now at liberty to remain with you till Mr. Fonda sends for me," replied Penelope.

From Project Gutenberg