fundator

Interlingua

Noun

fundator (plural fundatores)

1. founder

Latin

Etymology

From fundō (“found, establish”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /funˈdaː.tor/, [fʊn̪ˈd̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /funˈda.tor/, [fun̪ˈd̪äːt̪or]

Noun

fundātor m (genitive fundātōris); third declension

1. (rare) founder

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fundātor	fundātōrēs
Genitive	fundātōris	fundātōrum
Dative	fundātōrī	fundātōribus
Accusative	fundātōrem	fundātōrēs
Ablative	fundātōre	fundātōribus
Vocative	fundātor	fundātōrēs

Synonyms

• (founder): conditor, creātor

Related terms

• fundāmen
• fundāmentum
• fundātiō
• fundātus
• fundō

Descendants

• Catalan: fundador
• French: fondateur
• Italian: fondatore
• Portuguese: fundador
• Romanian: fondator, fundator
• Spanish: fundador

Verb

fundātor

1. 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/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: fun‧da‧tor

Noun

fundator m pers (female equivalent fundatorka)

1. founder
2. donor, backer, sponsor

   Synonyms: (archaic) benefaktor, (archaic) dobrodziej, dobroczyńca, ofiarodawca

Declension

Declension of fundator

	singular	plural
nominative	fundator	fundatorzy/fundatorowie
genitive	fundatora	fundatorów
dative	fundatorowi	fundatorom
accusative	fundatora	fundatorów
instrumental	fundatorem	fundatorami
locative	fundatorze	fundatorach
vocative	fundatorze	fundatorzy/fundatorowie

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)

1. Alternative form of fondator

Declension

Declension of fundator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) fundator	fundatorul	(niște) fundatori	fundatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) fundator	fundatorului	(unor) fundatori	fundatorilor
vocative	fundatorule		fundatorilor