Dictionary

foundation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

[ˌfaʊ̯nˈdeɪ̯ʃn̩] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
/ˌfaʊ̯nˈdeɪ̯ʃən/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
[ˌfæʊ̯nˈdæ̝ɪ̯ʃn̩] (Australia, New-Zealand)
[ˌfæʊ̯nˈdeɪ̯ʃn̩] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City
/ˌfæʊ̯nˈdæ̝ɪ̯ʃən/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
/ˌfæʊ̯nˈdeɪ̯ʃən/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City
[ˌfaːnˈdeɪ̯ʃn̩] Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
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/ˌfaːnˈdeɪ̯ʃən/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós Proto-Indo-European *bʰundʰós Proto-Italic *fundos Latin fundus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin fundō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fundātiōder. Old French fondacionbor. Middle English foundacioun English foundation From Middle English foundacioun, fundacioun, from Old French fondacion, from Latin fundātiō (“founding, foundation”).

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.
(countable, uncountable) That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
- Aye Madam to be sure that is the Provoking circumstance—without Foundation—yes yes—there's the mortification indeed—for when a slanderous story is believed against one—there certainly is no comfort like the consciousness of having deserved it—— 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii:
- Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete. 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
(countable, figuratively, uncountable) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
- The implication is that the Gandhian model of growth is possible, now that Nehru's investment strategy had already laid a strong foundation for economic growth. 2006, K P Yadav, Economic Planning And Restructuring, Sarup & Sons, →ISBN, page 44:
(countable, uncountable) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
(countable, uncountable) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
- “Marge Gets A Job” opens with the foundation of the Simpson house tilting perilously to one side, making the family homestead look like the suburban equivalent of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa. 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
- The foundations of this construction have been laid out.
(countable, uncountable) A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
(countable, uncountable) That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
- The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the parent organization of the Wiktionary collaborative project.
(countable, uncountable) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
(countable, uncountable) A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
- Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.[…]But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it. 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

Forms

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Translations (352)

fi perustaminen (act of founding) · he יִסּוּד (act of founding) · pl ufundowanie (act of founding) · th รองพื้น (cosmetic cream) · az təməl (that upon which anything is founded) · cy sefydliad (endowed institution or charity) · sh за́дужбина (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · sh zasnivanje (act of founding) · fr fondation (endowed institution or charity) · qu manqu (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · nl foundation (cosmetic cream) · pt base (cosmetic cream) · es fundación (act of founding) · ru фонд (endowed institution or charity) · hy հիմք (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · pl fluid (cosmetic cream) · pl fundacja (endowed institution or charity) · cs základy (that upon which anything is founded) · sd پِيڙهه (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · be заснава́нне (act of founding) · eo fondaĵo (endowed institution or charity) · he כִּנּוּן (act of founding) · ro fundație (that upon which anything is founded) · es cimiento (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · de Unterbau (that upon which anything is founded) · sk založenie (act of founding) · ckb دەسگا (endowed institution or charity) · br diazezadur (endowed institution or charity) · sh fundàment (that upon which anything is founded) · sh pȍdloga (that upon which anything is founded) · nv bindiiʼá (that upon which anything is founded) · ro temei (that upon which anything is founded) · ba нигеҙ (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · de Grundlage (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · hu alapítvány (endowed institution or charity) · fi perusta (result of the work to begin something) · uga 𐎊𐎒𐎄 (that upon which anything is founded) · mk основање (act of founding) · fr fondation (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ru тона́льный крем (cosmetic cream) · az özül (that upon which anything is founded) · sh фунда̀мент (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · de Grundlage (that upon which anything is founded) · ar تَأْسِيس (act of founding) · gl fundación (endowed institution or charity) · de Grundlage (result of the work to begin something) · ja 土台 (that upon which anything is founded) · tr kāide (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · cmn 奠基 (act of founding) · fi perusta (that upon which anything is founded) · oc fondacion (endowed institution or charity) · nl stichting (act of founding) · bg фонда́ция (endowed institution or charity) · ro așezământ (endowed institution or charity) · sv testamente (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · fi perusta (basis for social bodies; intellectual disciplines) · ota قاعده (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ar إِيجاد (act of founding) · pt dote (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · de Fundament (result of the work to begin something) · vi móng (that upon which anything is founded) · pl fundacja (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · ko 설치 (act of founding) · ar مُؤَسَّسَة (endowed institution or charity) · pa نِین٘ہہ (that upon which anything is founded) · be ба́зіс (that upon which anything is founded) · ca fundació (endowed institution or charity) · cmn 基礎 /基础 (that upon which anything is founded) · gl fundamento (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · pdt Grunt (that upon which anything is founded) · sv foundation (cosmetic cream) · sv grundläggning (act of founding) · is meik (cosmetic cream) · hi नींव (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · sh фунда̀мент (that upon which anything is founded) · fi peruspääoma (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · ja 基金 (endowed institution or charity) · eo institucio (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · pt base (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · sv fond (endowed institution or charity) · oc fondacion (that upon which anything is founded) · grc θεμέλιον (that upon which anything is founded) · pa ਬੁਨਿਆਦ (that upon which anything is founded) · gl fundamento (that upon which anything is founded) · vi nền móng (that upon which anything is founded) · ml അടിസ്ഥാനം (that upon which anything is founded) · el θεμέλιο (that upon which anything is founded) · es cimiento (result of the work to begin something) · pl podstawa (that upon which anything is founded) · fr fondation (that upon which anything is founded) · ja 樹立 (act of founding) · it fondazione (act of founding) · sv stiftelse (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · he יְסוֹד (that upon which anything is founded) · da grundlag (that upon which anything is founded) · de Gründung (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · nb fundament (that upon which anything is founded) · ro temelie (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ar إِنْشاء (act of founding) · dsb załožba (endowed institution or charity) · ru фонд (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · cy sylfaen (that upon which anything is founded) · kea pardiere (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · gd bun-stèidh (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ro fundație (endowed institution or charity) · de Grundlage (basis for social bodies; intellectual disciplines) · kk іргетас (act of founding) · es base (cosmetic cream) · tl kinababatayan (that upon which anything is founded) · ko 기초 (that upon which anything is founded) · as ভেটি (that upon which anything is founded) · ky негиз (that upon which anything is founded) · pa ਨੀਂਹ (act of founding) · cs založení (act of founding) · sh fondácija (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · bg осно́ва (that upon which anything is founded) · ro fundamentare f- (act of founding) · hy հիմնադրամ (endowed institution or charity) · be падмурак (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · chr ᎦᎫᏍᏓᎥ (endowed institution or charity) · ru цо́коль (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · sv fundament (that upon which anything is founded) · gl fundamento (basis for social bodies; intellectual disciplines) · nl fundament (that upon which anything is founded) · sl ustanovitev (act of founding) · sd بنياد (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · be цо́каль (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ro temelie (that upon which anything is founded) · ckb دەزگا (endowed institution or charity) · is stofnun (endowed institution or charity) · fi peruspakka (pile of cards) · is grunnur (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · yi פֿונדאַמענט (that upon which anything is founded) · el ίδρυση (act of founding) · sh tèmelj (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · hy հիմնում (act of founding) · th มูลนิธิ (endowed institution or charity) · ca fundació (act of founding) · af onderlaag (cosmetic cream) · sv grund (that upon which anything is founded) · de Grundierung (cosmetic cream) · hsb załožba (endowed institution or charity) · uk фунда́мент (that upon which anything is founded) · bg основа́ване (act of founding) · de Stapel (pile of cards) · fi perustus (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ko 창립 (act of founding) · ru учрежде́ние (act of founding) · sh по̏длога (that upon which anything is founded) · qu takay (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · pl make-up (cosmetic cream) · vi nền móng (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · it fondamenta (that upon which anything is founded) · he בָּסִיס (that upon which anything is founded) · ja 設立 (act of founding) · nb stiftelse (endowed institution or charity) · ang grundweall (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ar رَفْع (act of founding) · de Basis (that upon which anything is founded) · ro fondare (act of founding) · mi tūāpapa (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · be фунда́мент (that upon which anything is founded) · ja ファンデーション (cosmetic cream) · ja 建設 (act of founding) · fit stiftelsi (endowed institution or charity) · ko 설립 (act of founding) · de Stiftung (endowed institution or charity) · sv fond (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · mi tūāpapa (that upon which anything is founded) · tr yardım kurumu (endowed institution or charity) · ar قَاعِدَة (that upon which anything is founded) · ml അടിത്തറ (that upon which anything is founded) · ro înființare (act of founding) · bg осно́ва (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · sh zádužbina (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · ja 設置 (act of founding) · fi perustus (that upon which anything is founded) · izh fundamentti (that upon which anything is founded) · eo fundamento (that upon which anything is founded) · el θεμέλιο (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ca fundació (that upon which anything is founded) · ru осно́ва (that upon which anything is founded) · ko 토대 (that upon which anything is founded) · de Fundament (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · da grundlæggelse (act of founding) · sh тѐмељ (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · tr temel (that upon which anything is founded) · sw msingi (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · pt alicerce (that upon which anything is founded) · de Stiftung (act of founding) · sv grund (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · tr kuruluş (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · uk заснува́ння (act of founding) · ro fond (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · kk негіз (that upon which anything is founded) · sk základy (that upon which anything is founded) · kk қор (endowed institution or charity) · kea pardueru (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · sv kapital (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · bg фундаме́нт (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · txb ścmoñña (that upon which anything is founded) · de Foundation (cosmetic cream) · ja 礎 (that upon which anything is founded) · yi פֿונדאַמענט (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · uk ба́зис (that upon which anything is founded) · ca fonaments (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ota تمل (that upon which anything is founded) · pl fundament (that upon which anything is founded) · eo fondo (act of founding) · pa بُنیاد (that upon which anything is founded) · mwl aliçace (that upon which anything is founded) · cmn 基金會 /基金会 (endowed institution or charity) · grc ἵδρυμα (act of founding) · az bünövrə (that upon which anything is founded) · cmn 粉底 (cosmetic cream) · sh фонда́ција (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · ru фунда́мент (that upon which anything is founded) · ro fundament (that upon which anything is founded) · gl alicerce (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ro fond de ten (cosmetic cream) · uk фонд (endowed institution or charity) · la fundāmen (that upon which anything is founded) · uk осно́ва (that upon which anything is founded) · la fundāmentum (that upon which anything is founded) · ru основа́ние (act of founding) · el φον ντε τεν (cosmetic cream) · ro bază (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · el ίδρυμα (endowed institution or charity) · pa ਬੁਨਿਆਦ (act of founding) · sh по̏длога (cosmetic cream) · pl podkład (cosmetic cream) · de Basis (basis for social bodies; intellectual disciplines) · ml അടിത്തറ (result of the work to begin something) · pt fundação (endowed institution or charity) · pa نِین٘ہہ (act of founding) · pt fundação (act of founding) · ar أَسَاس (that upon which anything is founded) · id yayasan (endowed institution or charity) · eo fundamento (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · tr fondöten (cosmetic cream) · ko 파운데이션 (cosmetic cream) · ang ġesteal (act of founding) · ro fundație (act of founding) · sd بنياد (that upon which anything is founded) · sv grundplåt (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · ur بُنیاد (that upon which anything is founded) · ur قاعِدَہ (that upon which anything is founded) · is grunnur (that upon which anything is founded) · tr vakıf (endowed institution or charity) · sh zaklada (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · pl podwalina (that upon which anything is founded) · sd پِيڙهڪا (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · ro fundație (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · ms yayasan (endowed institution or charity) · it fondazione (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ru фунда́мент (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · es fundación (endowed institution or charity) · sh pȍdloga (cosmetic cream) · ota قاعده (that upon which anything is founded) · pl założenie (act of founding) · fr fondation (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · el σύσταση (act of founding) · hy հիմնադրում (act of founding) · sw msingi (that upon which anything is founded) · ota قوروم (act of founding) · tr kuruluş (act of founding) · fi alusvoide (cosmetic cream) · sd پِيڙهه (that upon which anything is founded) · fi säätiö (endowed institution or charity) · ro temelie (act of founding) · fr fondement (that upon which anything is founded) · pa بُنیاد (act of founding) · pt base (that upon which anything is founded) · da fundament (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · hi आधार (that upon which anything is founded) · mk темел (that upon which anything is founded) · bg фонда́ция (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · sv stiftelse (endowed institution or charity) · ja 創立 (act of founding) · sv arv (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · yi יסוד (that upon which anything is founded) · la fundatio (act of founding) · cmn 地基 (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · nb grunnmur (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ro întemeiere (act of founding) · sh fundàment (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · fr fond de teint (cosmetic cream) · hy հիմք (that upon which anything is founded) · pl fundament (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ja 財団 (endowed institution or charity) · ga bunsraith (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · km ធារ (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · be асно́ва (that upon which anything is founded) · hi संस्थान (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · pt fundação (that upon which anything is founded) · ro fundație (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ckb بِناغە (that upon which anything is founded) · oc fondament (that upon which anything is founded) · sv förmögenhet (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · mr पाया (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · de Fundament (that upon which anything is founded) · he קֶרֶן (endowed institution or charity) · km ឃរមូល (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · tr temel (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · qu manqu (that upon which anything is founded) · fa فونداسیون (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · sv bas (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · uk фундація (endowed institution or charity) · sa धरुण (that upon which anything is founded) · nl stichting (endowed institution or charity) · pa ਨੀਂਹ (that upon which anything is founded) · hi प्रतिष्ठान (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · he תַּשְׁתִּית (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · ar إِشَادَة (act of founding) · ga bunsraith (that upon which anything is founded) · ba хәйриә (endowed institution or charity) · ar أَسَاس (cosmetic cream) · nn stiftelse (endowed institution or charity) · gl alicerces (that upon which anything is founded) · de Stiften (act of founding) · pap fundashon (act of founding) · ja 基礎 (that upon which anything is founded) · sh utemeljenje (act of founding) · oc fondacion (act of founding) · sh fundiranje (act of founding) · nn stifting (endowed institution or charity) · ko 창설 (act of founding) · ba нигеҙ (that upon which anything is founded) · fr fondation (act of founding) · da fundament (that upon which anything is founded) · kix thāyô (that upon which anything is founded) · az əsas (that upon which anything is founded) · gl fundación (act of founding) · sh osnívānje (act of founding) · ota تمل (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · gl cimento (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · sv donation (legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution) · gl cimentos (that upon which anything is founded) · hi नींव (that upon which anything is founded) · cs nadace (endowed institution or charity) · es cimiento (that upon which anything is founded) · hi स्थापना (act of founding) · ru ба́зис (that upon which anything is founded) · hu alapozó (cosmetic cream) · it fondazione (endowed institution or charity) · de Gründen (act of founding) · fr assise (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · pt fundamento (that upon which anything is founded) · sd پِيڙهڪا (endowed institution or charity) · pt alicerce (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) · de Gründung (act of founding) · nl fundering (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall)

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