English Explanatory Dictionary

founder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
  2. A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
noun
  1. The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
  2. One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
noun
  1. A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
verb
  1. To flood with water and sink.
  2. To fall; to stumble and go lame.
  3. To fail; to miscarry.
  4. To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
  5. To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
noun
  1. A Founding Father.

Pronunciation

/ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/ [ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː] /ˈfæʊ̯n.də/ [ˈfæʊ̯n.dəː] /ˈfaːn.də/ [ˈfaːn.də] /ˈfaʊ̯n.dɚ/ [ˈfaʊ̯n.dɚ] ~ [ˈfaʊ̯n.dɹ̩] en-us-founder.ogg /ˈfæʊ̯n.dɚ/ [ˈfæʊ̯n.dɚ] ~ [ˈfæʊ̯n.dɹ̩] /ˈfaːn.dɚ/ [ˈfaːn.dɚ] ~ [ˈfaːn.dɹ̩]

Word forms

founder founders foundering foundered

Etymology

From Old French fondeur, from Latin fundātor, equivalent to found + -er.

Antonyms

ruiner

Related words

foundered

Derived words

bellfounder brassfounder bronzefounder cofounder founder effect founderer founderitis founder member founder mode founderous foundership foundress ironfounder letterfounder nonfounder bell founder bell-founder type founder type-founder

Translations

Finnish: kantaisä Finnish: kantaäiti Polish: założyciel Polish: założycielka Russian: найдёныш Bulgarian: потапям Bulgarian: потопявам Dutch: zinken Dutch: kelderen Dutch: vergaan Finnish: upota French: couler French: sombrer Galician: afundir Galician: ir abaixo German: sinken Greek: βυθίζομαι Greek: καταποντίζομαι Greek: βουλιάζω Japanese: 沈没する Polish: tonąć Polish: utonąć Portuguese: afundir Portuguese: afundar Russian: затонуть Spanish: hundirse Spanish: zozobrar Spanish: irse a pique Swedish: kantra
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