Dictionary

cofounder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkoʊˈfaʊndɚ/ (General-American)
• kō'foundʹər (General-American)
• kōʹfound'ər (General-American)
• /ˈkoʊ(ˌ)faʊndɚ/ (General-American)
• kōʹfound-ər (General-American)
• /kəʊˈfaʊndə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English founder English cofounder From co- + founder.

Meanings

1. A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.
   • David Baszucki created it ten years ago along with his cofounder Erik Cassel, and it’s gradually snowballed in popularity, particularly among kids and teenagers. 2016 October 12, Andy Orin, “I'm David Baszucki, CEO of Roblox, and This Is How I Work”, in LifeHacker, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2024:
   • Details of Thunberg’s charge came as Just Stop Oil said its cofounders, Indigo Rumbelow and Roger Hallam, were arrested on Wednesday morning following dawn raids at their homes. 2023 October 18, Damien Gayle, “Greta Thunberg charged with public order offence after London oil protest”, in The Guardian:
   • The two cofounders both attended the ceremony.
   • Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee. 2021 October 8, Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize”, in The Guardian:
   • Miramax Films cofounders Bob and Harvey Weinstein will end their successful, but often tumultuous, 12-year relationship with The Walt Disney Company to launch their own media company. 2005 March 30, “Miramax founders leave Disney”, in The Guardian:

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Translations (26)

it cofondatore (one who founds something with someone else) · nl mede-oprichter (one who founds something with someone else) · sv medgrundare (one who founds something with someone else) · hy համահիմնադիր (one who founds something with someone else) · sw mwanzilishi mwenza (one who founds something with someone else) · de Mitgründer (one who founds something with someone else) · es cofundadora (one who founds something with someone else) · ru соучреди́тельница (one who founds something with someone else) · ga comhbhunaitheoir (one who founds something with someone else) · ru соучреди́тель (one who founds something with someone else) · it cofondatrice (one who founds something with someone else) · uk співзасно́вниця (one who founds something with someone else) · uk співзасно́вник (one who founds something with someone else) · de Mitgründerin (one who founds something with someone else) · pl współzałożyciel (one who founds something with someone else) · ru сооснова́тельница (one who founds something with someone else) · es cofundador (one who founds something with someone else) · ca cofundador (one who founds something with someone else) · pl współzałożycielka (one who founds something with someone else) · fr cofondateur (one who founds something with someone else) · ru сооснова́тель (one who founds something with someone else) · hu társalapító (one who founds something with someone else) · lb Matgrënner (one who founds something with someone else) · eo kunfondinto (one who founds something with someone else) · cmn 共同創辦人 /共同创办人 (one who founds something with someone else) · fr cofondatrice (one who founds something with someone else)