found

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

enPR: found, IPA^(key): /faʊnd/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aʊnd

Etymology 1Edit

See find.

VerbEdit

found

simple past tense and past participle of find

SynonymsEdit

(past participle): discovered; repertitious (by chance or upon advice, obs.)

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

found (uncountable)

(obsolete) Food and lodging; board.
- 1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram‎^[1], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:
  I'll only give you the usual payment—say five hundred dollars a year, and found." / "And—what?" / "Found—that is, board, you know, and clothing, of course, also.

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English founden, from Old French founder (Modern French: fonder), from Latin fundāre. Compare fund.

VerbEdit

found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)

(transitive) To start (an institution or organization).
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[2]:
  “ […] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. …”
(transitive) To begin building. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of found

infinitive	(to) found
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	found	founded
2nd-person singular	found, foundest^†	founded, foundedst^†
3rd-person singular	founds, foundeth^†	founded
plural	found	founded

subjunctive	found	founded

imperative	found	—

participles	founding	founded

^†Archaic or obsolete.

SynonymsEdit

(to start organization): establish

AntonymsEdit

(to begin building): ruin
(to start organization): dissolve, abolish

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

to start an organization

Arabic: أَسَّسَ‎ (ar) (ʾassasa)
Armenian: հիմնադրել (hy) (himnadrel), ստեղծել (hy) (stełcel), հիմնել (hy) (himnel)
Belarusian: засно́ўваць impf (zasnóŭvacʹ), заснава́ць pf (zasnavácʹ), заклада́ць impf (zakladácʹ), закла́сці pf (zaklásci)
Bulgarian: учредявам (bg) (učredjavam), създавам (bg) (sǎzdavam)
Catalan: fundar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 設立 (zh), 设立 (zh) (shèlì)
Czech: založit (cs)
Danish: grundlægge (da)
Dutch: stichten (nl)
Egyptian:

(grg)
Finnish: perustaa (fi)
French: fonder (fr)
Georgian: დაფუძვნება (dapuʒvneba)
German: gründen (de)
Greek: ιδρύω (el) (idrýo), συστήνω (el) (systíno)
Hungarian: alapít (hu), megalapít (hu)
Italian: fondare (it)
Japanese: 興す (ja) (okosu), 打ち立てる (uchitateru), 設立する (ja) (setsuritsu suru)
Khmer: បង្កើត (km) (bɑŋkaət)
Korean: 설립하다 (ko) (seolliphada), 수립하다 (ko) (suriphada)
Latin: fundō
Latvian: dibināt
Norwegian: grunnlegge
Occitan: fondar (oc)
Polish: założyć (pl), zakładać (pl)
Portuguese: fundar (pt)
Quechua: tiqsiy
Romanian: întemeia (ro), fonda (ro)
Russian: осно́вывать (ru) impf (osnóvyvatʹ), основа́ть (ru) pf (osnovátʹ), учрежда́ть (ru) impf (učreždátʹ), учреди́ть (ru) pf (učredítʹ)
Scots: foond
Scottish Gaelic: stèidhich
Slovak: založiť
Spanish: fundar (es)
Swedish: grunda (sv)
Turkish: kurmak (tr)
Ukrainian: засно́вувати impf (zasnóvuvaty), заснува́ти pf (zasnuváty), осно́вувати impf (osnóvuvaty), оснува́ти pf (osnuváty)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: אַוועקשטעלן‎‎ (avekshteln‎)

to begin building

Arabic: أَسَّسَ‎ (ar) (ʾassasa)
Armenian: հիմքը դնել (himkʿə dnel), հիմքը գցել (hy) (himkʿə gcʿel)
Aromanian: fundedz
Bulgarian: основавам (bg) (osnovavam)
Catalan: fundar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 成立 (zh) (chénglì), 創設 (zh), 创设 (zh) (chuàngshè)
Czech: založit (cs)
Danish: grundlægge (da)
Finnish: perustaa (fi)
French: fonder (fr)
Georgian: საფუძვლის ჩაყრა (sapuʒvlis čaq̇ra), დაფუძვნება (dapuʒvneba)
German: errichten (de), gründen (de)
Greek: θεμελιώνω (el) (themelióno)
Italian: fondare (it)
Japanese: 基礎を築く (ja) (kiso wo kizuku)
Khmer: បង្កើត (km) (bɑŋkaət)
Korean: 설립하다 (ko) (seolliphada)
Ngazidja Comorian: utsenga
Norwegian: grunnlegge
Old English: astemnian, gegrundweallian
Polish: budować (pl), zbudować (pl), tworzyć (pl), stworzyć (pl)
Portuguese: fundar (pt)
Quechua: tiksiy
Romanian: funda (ro), întemeia (ro), înființa (ro)
Russian: осно́вывать (ru) impf (osnóvyvatʹ), основа́ть (ru) pf (osnovátʹ)
Scots: foond
Slovak: založiť
Spanish: fundar (es)
Swedish: grundlägga (sv)
Turkish: temel atmak (tr)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} fondi (eo)
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} asutama
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} osnovati (sh)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} fundar (es), ^{(please verify)} instaurar (es)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} grunda (sv)

ReferencesEdit

Oxford Online Dictionary, found
WordNet 3.1: A Lexical Database for English, Princeton University

Etymology 3Edit

From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir.

VerbEdit

found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)

To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
  Whereof to found their engines.

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

melt — see melt

Etymology 4Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

found (plural founds)

A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

AnagramsEdit

fondu