funder

See also: FUNDER

English

Etymology

fund +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfʌndɚ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ)

Noun

funder (plural funders)

  1. One who funds.
    • 1987 May 9, Gordon Gottlieb, Richard Burns, Sue Hyde, “Homocrats and Liberationists: Burns and Hyde Consider the Community's Institutions”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
      I think funding sources do have an impact on the political direction of any organization. An organization that is not politically palatable to the funder is going to lose the funder. That has had an impact on the direction of the gay liberation event.
    • 2024 February 7, “Network News: NR seeks bidders for Scottish OLE”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 10:
      Network Rail's funder in Scotland, Transport Scotland, published a plan in 2020 saying that by 2035 the rail routes to Aberdeen (and to Inverness, Tweedbank and Carlisle via Kilmarnock) would be electrified.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Danish

Verb

funder

  1. imperative of fundere

Interlingua

Verb

funder

  1. to melt

Latin

Verb

funder

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of fundō

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fundō.

Verb

funder

  1. (Anglo-Norman) to found
  2. (Anglo-Norman) to build; to construct; to make

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of funder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive funder avoir fundé
gerund en fundant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle fundant
past participle fundé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present funt fundes funde fundons fundez fundent
imperfect fundoie, fundeie, fundoe, fundeve fundoies, fundeies, fundoes, fundeves fundoit, fundeit, fundot, fundeve fundiiens, fundiens fundiiez, fundiez fundoient, fundeient, fundoent, fundevent
preterite fundai fundas funda fundames fundastes funderent
future funderai funderas fundera funderons funderoiz, fundereiz, funderez funderont
conditional funderoie, fundereie funderoies, fundereies funderoit, fundereit funderiiens, funderiens funderiiez, funderiez funderoient, fundereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present funt funz funt fundons fundez fundent
imperfect fundasse fundasses fundast fundissons, fundissiens fundissoiz, fundissez, fundissiez fundassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— funde — fundons fundez —

Descendants
  • French: fonder
  • → German: fundieren
  • → Middle Breton: fondaff
  • → Middle English: founden
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