fund
See also: Fund
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
| PIE word |
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| *bʰudʰmḗn |
Borrowed from French fond, from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fund (plural funds)
- A sum or source of money.
- the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
- a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students
- An organization managing such money.
- A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
- Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
- A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
- He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
- 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, OCLC 30956848:
- an inexhaustible fund of stories
Derived termsEdit
derived terms
TranslationsEdit
sum or source of money
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organization
money-management operation
VerbEdit
fund (third-person singular simple present funds, present participle funding, simple past and past participle funded)
- (transitive) To pay or provide money for.
- He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction.
- (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
- (transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to pay for
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AlbanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fund m (indefinite plural funde, definite singular fundi, definite plural fundet)
DeclensionEdit
declension of fund
| indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara) |
definite forms (trajta të shquara) | ||||
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| singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) |
singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) | ||
| nominative (emërore) |
fund | funde | fundi | fundet | |
| accusative (kallëzore) |
fund | funde | fundin | fundet | |
| genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) |
fundi | fundeve | fundit | fundevet | |
| dative (dhanore) |
fundi | fundeve | fundit | fundevet | |
| ablative (rrjedhore) |
fundi | fundesh | fundit | fundevet | |
Derived termsEdit
- fundërri (Tosk) [2]
- fundi (Tosk), funi (Gheg)
- fundit (Tosk), funit (Gheg)
- fundor (Tosk), funor (Gheg)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 33, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Dictionnaire Français-Albanais / Fjalor Shqip-Frengjisht, page 462, Vedat Kokona, Tiranë, 2002, →ISBN
AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
fund n
- Alternative form of fundu
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Verbal noun to finde (“to find”). Compare Old Norse fundr and German Fund.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fund n (singular definite fundet, plural indefinite fund)
InflectionEdit
Declension of fund
IcelandicEdit
NounEdit
fund
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
fund (plural fundes)
- Alternative form of feend
Old NorseEdit
NounEdit
fund
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. Doublet of fond, which was borrowed from French.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fund n (plural funduri)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of fund
| singular | plural | |||
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| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) fund | fundul | (niște) funduri | fundurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) fund | fundului | (unor) funduri | fundurilor |
| vocative | fundule | fundurilor | ||
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- fund in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)