funder

See also: FUNDER

English

Etymology

From 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

• seed funder
• trust-funder

Related terms

• fund

Anagrams

• Dufner, refund

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

• fonder
• founder

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
  • English: found