FON-dent.
Around here, fon-DAANT sounds fruity
Yes it's derived from the french word fondre which means to melt, thus it is fawn-dahn
LOL!! I swear, I was going to post this very same thread after hearing everyone say Fondawwnt I want to scream! Fondent.... but then I think I sound uneducated 
Here's the thing... I live in Salida... which is the spanish word for exit (go figure) anyway, the spanish pronunciation is Saleeda... but everyone corrects me when I say it - they all pronounce it Sul-eye-da..... mind you, this is all english-only speaking people who correct me!
I took years of spanish in school and that is the correct pronunciation but because this formerlly Latino occupied community has turned into a cummuter Yuppie-ville from he!!, they correct me & It really drives me up the wall.... I think I'm going to protest 
So that's me... frustrated fondent lover from Saleeda 
CakeDiva...are you in Salida (which I say Sul-eye-duh--and I'm Puerto Rican!!), California?
i say
fon-dent--fon-dunt
hear is a link that was posted some time back about this same question--i saved it--haha
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/f/f0230800.html
but not the way they do on TV
Tara, that dictionary thing was awsome. I pronounce it like that guy did! Now, do you say your name Tah Rah or Tair rah?
the pronunciation as i know it is: fon-dant
here is the definition, pronunciation, and a sound clip of the pronunciation at the merrian webster website: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/fondant
and this is from: French Culinary Terms: An Audio Guide to Pronunciation
http://library.sullivan.edu/CPI/Audio/fondant.wav
and they pronounce it fon-dant or fon-dawnt
but the guy in the clip in the on yourdictionary.com pronounced it fon-dent... weird, i guess it depends where you live, 
karmicflower
Then why do all these people on the Food Network challenges say Fondawwnt? Like they're French or something..... I don't care how it's supposed to be pronounced, my daughters would bust a gut if I started saying it that way. As it is, every time they hear it pronounced the 'fancy' way, they crack up
Tara, that dictionary thing was awsome. I pronounce it like that guy did! Now, do you say your name Tah Rah or Tair rah?
i guess i really can't explain how my name is pronounced--but for the most part it rhymes with sara or sarah----my mom & grandmother pronounce it differently (not so much that anyone else would hear the difference) my grandmother says Tah Rah & everyone else is ter-ra---BUT NOT TAR-RA---grandma just does use the "E"
so everyone good & confused now???? 
so back to FONDAWNT--HAHA i guess i really don't hear to much of difference between the link i listed & the m-w link--but i got sick of listening to it repeatly & said to heck with it
People will pronounce it differently -and it's funny that this is a topic as I asked my cake instructor this very same question tonight. My ancestors hail from France thus I say it "Fon-daunt"
I can't BELIEVE Y'all ain't figured it out yet!
It's "that icin' putty y'all use for cakes!"
That's what one lady here called it anyway! 
It's a Southern thing I reckon. 
Fon-dent is the way the girls here say it, or "an extra 2.50 per serving!"
LOL,
--Knox--
As a speaker of French, it really hurts my ears to hear Americans pronounce the word "fondant" with the "t" and worse the "ent" and all. About as bad as having to hear Petit Jean pronounced in Arkansas. Sigh. I just avoid the word and call it sugarpaste or roll-out icing.
As a speaker of French, it really hurts my ears to hear Americans pronounce the word "fondant" with the "t" and worse the "ent" and all. About as bad as having to hear Petit Jean pronounced in Arkansas. Sigh. I just avoid the word and call it sugarpaste or roll-out icing.
it's funny you should say that, the second link i posted, the one to the "french culinary terms" on the audio wave, its said fon -dawn and he mentions that the "t" is silent
As a speaker of French, it really hurts my ears to hear Americans pronounce the word "fondant" with the "t" and worse the "ent" and all. About as bad as having to hear Petit Jean pronounced in Arkansas. Sigh. I just avoid the word and call it sugarpaste or roll-out icing.
I tend to pronounce new words I read in French first. You know that medicine Alevert? I read it "Alle verrr" I was thrown for a loop when I heard it on the commercial.
Furthermore, I can't understand where all you people from whichever states you come from pronounce Aunt as ANT! To me it is clearly spelled in a way which should be pronounced "Ahhnt". Like somebody said, it's all where you're from!
and some people dont even like working with it let alone talking about it LOL
LOL @ 'that icky paste thing'
LOL Fider and Cakediva- that irritates me too when I see foreign words that are pronounced 'wrong' (ok different damnit lol) (like the Sal-eye-da) thing-
Tomayto tomahto I guess is right but it's still makes me cry to hear a beautiful language be murdered
LittleLinda, I do that all the time too!
And thanks for posting the question in the first place- because I was curious also how everyone says it. As a speaker of french I have called it fonDON(g) (silent T and somewhat silent N)- but that's just me. And I know everyone has different ways of saying things (including AWNT vs ANT) (I lived in the US for 3 years- and spent 3 years saying Roof vs REWF) lol
So but anyway for lots of things I know there are just different regional pronunciations (linguists major in uni-bit obsessed about languages -anal has been used also by friends LOL) and each to their own.
I wont correct yours if you dont correct mine is sort of my philo now. (Unless something is just outright wrong and then I dont mind correcting or being corrected lol)
Everyone around here pronounces it fondent, I would sound like a weirdo if I tried to pronounce it fondawn like it was intended....Kindof like the other word for "entry" in your home. I pronounce foyer as "foyay" my husband sais foyer. bugs the crap out of me!
Anyway! Swear to god my SIL calls fondant "fondue"! I'm not kidding. She said it three times in the same conversation!
OMG - the lady in front of me at Michaels yesterday pronounced it fondue too... the checker and I just sort of looked at each other but I would never correct her...
I just had to hold in my laughter because she had a southern accent to boot so it was like hearing Paula Dean say it:
F-aaaaaaaawn-Dooooooooooooooooooo
LOL! My 6 year old daughter loves to watch Paula, mainly just to hear her talk! Me too, though... I love it 
Anyway! Swear to god my SIL calls fondant "fondue"! I'm not kidding. She said it three times in the same conversation!
LOL- my sister does stuff like that- instead of intertube she says innertube and I just have to cringe and let it go because I keep correcting her and I swear she does it to piss me off even though I've corrected her a bunch of times LOL
Ok so there's a neighbourhood /community in Vancouver called New Westminster. I'm sure you've seen the name in other locations- westminster abbey etc etc.
Ok does anyone else see an extra I in there? because I dont, and it's never had an extra I in there and it's a british name after a place in England- but I'll be DAMNED if I know why so many people say MINISTER- like the guy in church-OMGGGGGGGG does that irritate the shit out of me LOL - this is not one of those words like aunt awnt with alternative pronunciation. There is only one way to pronounce MINSTER. OMG LOL
well, this reminds me of a conversation my husband and I had. we were talking about the way people say different things. The whole conversation started with hearing the neighbor say "wheelbarrel" instead of "wheelbarrow". It's all where you come from and where you live.
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