fondeur
French
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editfondeur m (plural fondeurs)
- owner of a foundry
- founder, the iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation in a foundry
Etymology 2
editFrom fond + -eur, from ski de fond (“cross-country skiing”).
Noun
editfondeur m (plural fondeurs)
Further reading
edit- “fondeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editOld French
editEtymology
editNoun
editfondeur oblique singular, m (oblique plural fondeurs, nominative singular fondeurs, nominative plural fondeur)
- founder (instigator; creator)
Declension
edit Declension of fondeur
Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine |
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Subject | fondeurs | fonderesse |
Oblique | fondeur | fonderesse | |
Plural | Subject | fondeur | fonderesses |
Oblique | fondeurs | fonderesses |
Descendants
edit- → English: founder