crowdfunding

See also: Crowdfunding

English

Etymology

From crowd +‎ funding.

Noun

crowdfunding (usually uncountable, plural crowdfundings)

1. (finance) Funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.

Descendants

• → Danish: crowdfunding
• → German: Crowdfunding
• → Japanese: クラウドファンディング (kuraudofandingu)
• → Korean: 크라우드펀딩 (keuraudeupeonding)
• → Portuguese: crowdfunding
• → Russian: краудфа́ндинг (kraudfánding)

Translations

pooling of money for a common goal

• Arabic: تَمْوِيل الْجَمَاعِيّ m (tamwīl al-jamāʕiyy)
• Belarusian: краўдфа́ндзінг m (kraŭdfándzinh)
• Bulgarian: краудфъндинг m (kraudfǎnding)
• Catalan: micromecenatge m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 眾籌／众筹 (zhòngchóu) (mainland China), 大眾籌資／大众筹资 (dàzhòng chóuzī) (mainland China), 群眾籌資／群众筹资 (qúnzhòng chóuzī) (mainland China), 群眾集資／群众集资 (qúnzhòng jízī) (Hong Kong), 群眾募資／群众募资 (qúnzhòng mùzī) (Taiwan)

• Danish: crowdfunding
• Esperanto: amasfinancado, svarmfinancado
• Finnish: joukkorahoitus (fi)
• French: financement participatif (fr) m, finance participative (fr) f, sociofinancement (fr) m
• Galician: financiamento colectivo m
• German: Crowdfunding (de) n, Schwarmfinanzierung f
• Indonesian: urun dana, patungan (id)
• Irish: slua-mhaoiniú m
• Italian: finanziamento collettivo (it) m
• Japanese: クラウドファンディング (ja) (kuraudofandingu)
• Korean: 크라우드펀딩 (keuraudeupeonding)
• Malay: pendanaan awam, dana khalayak
• Norwegian: folkefinansiering
• Persian: سرمایه‌گذاری جمعی (sarmâye-gozâri-ye jam'i)
• Portuguese: financiamento coletivo m, vaquinha (pt) f
• Russian: краудфа́ндинг (ru) m (kraudfánding)
• Spanish: financiación colectiva f, micromecenazgo m
• Swedish: gräsrotsfinansiering (sv) c
• Ukrainian: краудфа́ндинг m (kraudfándynh)
• Vietnamese: gây quỹ quần chúng

See also

• crowdsourcing
• sharing economy

Further reading

• crowdfunding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English crowdfunding.

Noun

crowdfunding

1. crowdfunding

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English crowdfunding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁawd.fɔn.diŋ/

Noun

crowdfunding m (uncountable)

1. crowdfunding

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Synonyms

• financement participatif, sociofinancement (Canada), myriadisation

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English crowdfunding.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɾaw.d͡ʒiˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ/ [ˌkɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ], /ˌkɾawd͡ʒˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ/ [ˌkɾaʊ̯d͡ʒˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɾaw.d͡ʒiˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ/ [ˌkɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ], /ˌkɾawd͡ʒˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ/ [ˌkɾaʊ̯d͡ʒˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɾawd͡ʒˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ/ [ˌkɾaʊ̯d͡ʒˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ], /ˌkɾaw.d͡ʒiˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ/ [ˌkɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkɾaw.dɨˈfɐ̃.dĩ.ɡɨ/ [ˌkɾaw.ðɨˈfɐ̃.dĩ.ɡɨ]

Noun

crowdfunding m (plural crowdfundings)

1. crowdfunding

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English crowdfunding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾaudˈfandin/ [kɾau̯ð̞ˈfãn̪.d̪ĩn]
• Rhymes: -andin
• Syllabification: crowd‧fun‧ding

Noun

crowdfunding m (plural crowdfundings)

1. crowdfunding

   Synonym: micromecenazgo

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.