founder

Etymology 1
From, from , equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
 * 2)  A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
 * 1)  A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
 * 1)  A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
 * 1)  A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
 * 1)  A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
 * 1)  A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).

Translations

 * Arabic: مُؤَسِّس,
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: təsisçi,, , müəssis
 * Belarusian: заснава́льнік, заснава́льніца, фунда́тар, фунда́тарка
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, основа́телка, , учреди́телка, , основополо́жничка
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:, zakladatelka
 * Danish: grundlægger, stifter
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: fondisto
 * Estonian: asutaja
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: fundador, fundadora
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἀρχηγέτης, κτίστης
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: stofnari
 * Irish: bunaitheoir, bunfhréamh, cumhdaitheoir, fondúir
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 創設者,, 設立者
 * Kazakh: құрушы, қалаушы
 * Korean: 창설자,, 창립자
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نوێنەر
 * Kyrgyz:, негиздөөчү
 * Lao: ຜູ້ສ້າງຕັ້ງ
 * Latin: conditor, creātor, fundātor,
 * Latvian: dibinātājs, dibinātāja
 * Lithuanian: įkūrėjas
 * Luxembourgish: Grënner
 * Macedonian: основач, основачка, основоположник, основоположничка
 * Maori: kaiwhakatū
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: grunnlegger
 * Nynorsk: grunnleggar, grunnleggjar
 * Old English: staþoliend
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: neach-stèidheachaidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: оснѝва̄ч
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: zakladateľ, zakladateľka
 * Slovene: ustanovitelj, ustanoviteljica
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:, бунёдкор, муассис, бунёнгузор
 * Thai: ผู้สร้าง, ผู้ก่อตั้ง
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: засно́вник, засно́вниця, фунда́тор, фунда́торка
 * Urdu: بانی
 * Uyghur: ئاساسچى, قۇرغۇچى
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Veps: sädai
 * Vietnamese: người sáng lập
 * Welsh: sylfaenydd, sefydlydd


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: kantaisä, kantaäiti
 * Russian:

Etymology 2
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
 * 2) One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
 * 1) One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: tökməçi, əridici, metaləridən
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: fonedor
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: støber
 * Finnish: sulattaja
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: دوكمهجی
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,


 * Azerbaijani: tökməçi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: støber
 * Finnish: valuri,
 * German: ,
 * Irish: teilgeoir
 * Italian: modellatore, foggiatore, plasmatore
 * Russian:

Etymology 3
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Russian:, воспале́ние копы́та
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To flood with water and sink.
 * 2)  To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
 * 3)  To fail; to miscarry.
 * 4)  To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
 * 5) * 1744, William Smith, A New Voyage to Guinea, page 167, quoted in The Diligent: A Voyage Through the Worlds Of The Slave Trade, Robert Harms, 2008
 * "I was amazed when we came among the breakers (which to me seemed large enough to founder our ship), to see with what wondrous dexterity they carried us through them, and ran their canoes on the top of one of those rolling waves "
 * 1) * 1932,, "From haunts of Proserpine" (Review of Green River: A Poem for Rafinesque, James Whaler
 * But still more disastrous was the storm which foundered his ship in Long Island Sound, swallowing within call of shore his fifty boxes of scientific equipment, his books, manuscripts and funds, the results of years of devoted labor.
 * 1)  To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
 * 1) * 1744, William Smith, A New Voyage to Guinea, page 167, quoted in The Diligent: A Voyage Through the Worlds Of The Slave Trade, Robert Harms, 2008
 * "I was amazed when we came among the breakers (which to me seemed large enough to founder our ship), to see with what wondrous dexterity they carried us through them, and ran their canoes on the top of one of those rolling waves "
 * 1) * 1932,, "From haunts of Proserpine" (Review of Green River: A Poem for Rafinesque, James Whaler
 * But still more disastrous was the storm which foundered his ship in Long Island Sound, swallowing within call of shore his fifty boxes of scientific equipment, his books, manuscripts and funds, the results of years of devoted labor.
 * 1)  To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, ir abaixo
 * German:
 * Greek:, καταποντίζομαι,
 * Japanese: 沈没する
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: препъвам се, окуцявам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: провалям се, претърпявам неуспех
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, καταποντίζομαι
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,

Usage notes
Frequently confused with flounder. Both may be applied to the same situation, with the difference being the severity of the action: floundering (struggling to maintain position) comes first, followed by foundering (losing it by falling, sinking, or failing).

Etymology
From.