fondeur
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French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
fondeur m (plural fondeurs)
- owner of a foundry
- founder, the iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation in a foundry
Etymology 2[edit]
From fond + -eur, from ski de fond (“cross-country skiing”).
Noun[edit]
fondeur m (plural fondeurs)
Further reading[edit]
- “fondeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
fondeur oblique singular, m (oblique plural fondeurs, nominative singular fondeurs, nominative plural fondeur)
- founder (instigator; creator)
Declension[edit]
Declension of fondeur
Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine |
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Subject | fondeurs | fonderesse |
Oblique | fondeur | fonderesse | |
Plural | Subject | fondeur | fonderesses |
Oblique | fondeurs | fonderesses |
Descendants[edit]
- → English: founder