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crowdfunding

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: business, finance

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From crowd + funding.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَمْوِيل الْجَمَاعِيّ (tamwīl al-jamāʕiyy) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Belarusian: краўдфа́ндзінг (krawdfándzinh) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Bulgarian: краудфъндинг (kraudfǎnding) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Catalan: micromecenatge — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眾籌 /众筹 (zhòngchóu) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大眾籌資 /大众筹资 (dàzhòng chóuzī) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 群眾籌資 /群众筹资 (qúnzhòng chóuzī) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 群眾集資 /群众集资 (qúnzhòng jízī) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 群眾募資 /群众募资 (qúnzhòng mùzī) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Danish: crowdfunding — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Dutch: crowdfunding — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Esperanto: amasfinancado — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Esperanto: svarmfinancado — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Finnish: joukkorahoitus — pooling of money for a common goal
  • French: financement participatif — pooling of money for a common goal
  • French: finance participative — pooling of money for a common goal
  • French: sociofinancement — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Galician: financiamento colectivo — pooling of money for a common goal
  • German: Crowdfunding — pooling of money for a common goal
  • German: Schwarmfinanzierung — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Hungarian: közösségi finanszírozás — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Icelandic: fjármögnun — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Indonesian: urun dana — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Indonesian: patungan — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Irish: slua-mhaoiniú — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Italian: finanziamento collettivo — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Japanese: クラウドファンディング (kuraudofandingu) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Korean: 크라우드펀딩 (keuraudeupeonding) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Malay: pendanaan awam — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Malay: dana khalayak — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Norwegian: folkefinansiering — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Persian: سرمایهگذاری جمعی (sarmâye-gozâri-ye jam'i) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Polish: crowdfunding — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Portuguese: financiamento coletivo — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Portuguese: vaquinha — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Russian: краудфа́ндинг (kraudfánding) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Spanish: financiación colectiva — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Spanish: micromecenazgo — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Swedish: gräsrotsfinansiering — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Ukrainian: краудфа́ндинг (kraudfándynh) — pooling of money for a common goal
  • Vietnamese: gây quỹ quần chúng — pooling of money for a common goal
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