🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Fondatore

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fon-da-to-re

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Founder/ˈfaʊn.dər/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1420 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il fondatore della compagnia ha ricevuto un premio."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who establishes an institution, organization, or settlement.

    "Steve Jobs is often regarded as the founder of Apple Inc."
  2. 2

    A person who originates or creates something.

    "The founder of the charity dedicated her life to helping the less fortunate."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'foundour', originating from Old French 'fundour' and the Latin verb 'fundare' (to lay the bottom or base, from 'fundus', meaning bottom). Over time, the semantic scope shifted from someone who physically builds a foundation to one who establishes institutions, organizations, or cities.

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