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Interlingua
Noun
fundator (plural fundatores)
- founder
Latin
Etymology
From fundō (“found, establish”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
Noun
fundātor m (genitive fundātōris); third declension
- (rare) founder
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
Descendants
Verb
fundātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of fundō
References
- “fundator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fundator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fundator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fundator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fundātor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /funˈda.tɔr/
- Rhymes: -atɔr
- Syllabification: fun‧da‧tor
Noun
fundator m pers (female equivalent fundatorka)
- founder
- donor, backer, sponsor
- Synonyms: (archaic) benefaktor, (archaic) dobrodziej, dobroczyńca, ofiarodawca
Declension
Further reading
- fundator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fundator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From funda + -tor.
Noun
fundator m (plural fundatori)
- Alternative form of fondator
Declension