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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˌfaʊ̯nˈdeɪ̯ʃn̩]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌfæʊ̯nˈdæ̝ɪ̯ʃən/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˌfæʊ̯nˈdæ̝ɪ̯ʃn̩]
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• /ˌfaːnˈdeɪ̯ʃən/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
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• [ˌfaːnˈdeɪ̯ʃn̩] Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
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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”).

350 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِنْشاء (ʔinšāʔ) — act of founding
• Arabic: إِشَادَة (ʔišāda) — act of founding
• Arabic: إِيجاد (ʔījād) — act of founding
• Arabic: تَأْسِيس (taʔsīs) — act of founding
• Arabic: رَفْع (rafʕ) — act of founding
• Armenian: հիմնադրում (himnadrum) — act of founding
• Armenian: հիմնում (himnum) — act of founding
• Belarusian: заснава́нне (zasnavánnje) — act of founding
• Bulgarian: основа́ване (osnovávane) — act of founding
• Catalan: fundació — act of founding
• Chinese Mandarin: 奠基 (diànjī) — act of founding
• Czech: založení — act of founding
• Danish: grundlæggelse — act of founding
• Dutch: stichting — act of founding
• Esperanto: fondo — act of founding
• Finnish: perustaminen — act of founding
• French: fondation — act of founding
• Galician: fundación — act of founding
• German: Gründung — act of founding
• German: Gründen — act of founding
• German: Stiftung — act of founding
• German: Stiften — act of founding
• Greek: ίδρυση (ídrysi) — act of founding
• Greek: σύσταση (sýstasi) — act of founding
• Ancient Greek: ἵδρυμα (hídruma) — act of founding
• Hebrew: יִסּוּד (yisúd) — act of founding
• Hebrew: כִּנּוּן (kinún) — act of founding
• Hindi: स्थापना (sthāpnā) — act of founding
• Italian: fondazione — act of founding
• Japanese: 建設 (kensetsu) — act of founding
• Japanese: 設立 (setsuritsu) — act of founding
• Japanese: 創立 (sōritsu) — act of founding
• Japanese: 樹立 (juritsu) — act of founding
• Japanese: 設置 (setchi) — act of founding
• Kazakh: іргетас (ırgetas) — act of founding
• Korean: 설립 (seollip) — act of founding
• Korean: 설치 (seolchi) — act of founding
• Korean: 창립 (changnip) — act of founding
• Korean: 창설 (changseol) — act of founding
• Latin: fundatio — act of founding
• Macedonian: основање (osnovanje) — act of founding
• Occitan: fondacion — act of founding
• Old English: ġesteal — act of founding
• Papiamentu: fundashon — act of founding
• Polish: założenie — act of founding
• Polish: ufundowanie — act of founding
• Portuguese: fundação — act of founding
• Punjabi: ਨੀਂਹ (nī̃h) — act of founding
• Punjabi: ਬੁਨਿਆਦ (buniāda) — act of founding
• Punjabi: نِین٘ہہ (nīṉh) — act of founding
• Punjabi: بُنیاد (buniyād) — act of founding
• Romanian: fondare — act of founding
• Romanian: întemeiere — act of founding
• Romanian: înființare — act of founding
• Romanian: fundamentare f- — act of founding
• Romanian: fundație — act of founding
• Romanian: temelie — act of founding
• Russian: основа́ние (osnovánije) — act of founding
• Russian: учрежде́ние (učreždénije) — act of founding
• Serbo-Croatian: utemeljenje — act of founding
• Serbo-Croatian: osnívānje — act of founding
• Serbo-Croatian: fundiranje — act of founding
• Serbo-Croatian: zasnivanje — act of founding
• Slovak: založenie — act of founding
• Slovene: ustanovitev — act of founding
• Spanish: fundación — act of founding
• Swedish: grundläggning — act of founding
• Turkish: kuruluş — act of founding
• Ottoman Turkish: قوروم (kurum) — act of founding
• Ukrainian: заснува́ння (zasnuvánnja) — act of founding
• Arabic: أَسَاس (ʔasās) — that upon which anything is founded
• Arabic: قَاعِدَة (qāʕida) — that upon which anything is founded
• Armenian: հիմք (himkʻ) — that upon which anything is founded
• Assamese: ভেটি (bheti) — that upon which anything is founded
• Azerbaijani: bünövrə — that upon which anything is founded
• Azerbaijani: təməl — that upon which anything is founded
• Azerbaijani: özül — that upon which anything is founded
• Azerbaijani: əsas — that upon which anything is founded
• Bashkir: нигеҙ (nigeź) — that upon which anything is founded
• Belarusian: фунда́мент (fundámjent) — that upon which anything is founded
• Belarusian: асно́ва (asnóva) — that upon which anything is founded
• Belarusian: ба́зіс (bázis) — that upon which anything is founded
• Bulgarian: осно́ва (osnóva) — that upon which anything is founded
• Catalan: fundació — that upon which anything is founded
• Chinese Mandarin: 基礎 /基础 (jīchǔ) — that upon which anything is founded
• Czech: základy — that upon which anything is founded
• Danish: fundament — that upon which anything is founded
• Danish: grundlag — that upon which anything is founded
• Dutch: fundament — that upon which anything is founded
• Esperanto: fundamento — that upon which anything is founded
• Finnish: perustus — that upon which anything is founded
• Finnish: perusta — that upon which anything is founded
• French: fondation — that upon which anything is founded
• French: fondement — that upon which anything is founded
• Galician: fundamento — that upon which anything is founded
• Galician: alicerces — that upon which anything is founded
• Galician: cimentos — that upon which anything is founded
• German: Grundlage — that upon which anything is founded
• German: Unterbau — that upon which anything is founded
• German: Fundament — that upon which anything is founded
• German: Basis — that upon which anything is founded
• Greek: θεμέλιο (themélio) — that upon which anything is founded
• Ancient Greek: θεμέλιον (themélion) — that upon which anything is founded
• Hebrew: יְסוֹד (yesód) — that upon which anything is founded
• Hebrew: בָּסִיס (basís) — that upon which anything is founded
• Hindi: आधार (ādhār) — that upon which anything is founded
• Hindi: नींव (nī̃v) — that upon which anything is founded
• Icelandic: grunnur — that upon which anything is founded
• Ingrian: fundamentti — that upon which anything is founded
• Irish: bunsraith — that upon which anything is founded
• Italian: fondamenta — that upon which anything is founded
• Japanese: 礎 (ishizue) — that upon which anything is founded
• Japanese: 基礎 (kiso) — that upon which anything is founded
• Japanese: 土台 (dodai) — that upon which anything is founded
• Kazakh: негіз (negız) — that upon which anything is founded
• Korean: 기초 (gicho) — that upon which anything is founded
• Korean: 토대 (todae) — that upon which anything is founded
• Central Kurdish: بِناغە (binaẍe) — that upon which anything is founded
• Kyrgyz: негиз (negiz) — that upon which anything is founded
• Latin: fundāmen — that upon which anything is founded
• Latin: fundāmentum — that upon which anything is founded
• Macedonian: темел (temel) — that upon which anything is founded
• Malayalam: അടിസ്ഥാനം (aṭisthānaṁ) — that upon which anything is founded
• Malayalam: അടിത്തറ (aṭittaṟa) — that upon which anything is founded
• Māori: tūāpapa — that upon which anything is founded
• Mirandese: aliçace — that upon which anything is founded
• Khiamniungan Naga: thāyô — that upon which anything is founded
• Navajo: bindiiʼá — that upon which anything is founded
• Norwegian Bokmål: fundament — that upon which anything is founded
• Occitan: fondacion — that upon which anything is founded
• Occitan: fondament — that upon which anything is founded
• Plautdietsch: Grunt — that upon which anything is founded
• Polish: fundament — that upon which anything is founded
• Polish: podstawa — that upon which anything is founded
• Polish: podwalina — that upon which anything is founded
• Portuguese: fundação — that upon which anything is founded
• Portuguese: base — that upon which anything is founded
• Portuguese: fundamento — that upon which anything is founded
• Portuguese: alicerce — that upon which anything is founded
• Punjabi: ਨੀਂਹ (nī̃h) — that upon which anything is founded
• Punjabi: ਬੁਨਿਆਦ (buniāda) — that upon which anything is founded
• Punjabi: نِین٘ہہ (nīṉh) — that upon which anything is founded
• Punjabi: بُنیاد (buniyād) — that upon which anything is founded
• Quechua: manqu — that upon which anything is founded
• Romanian: fundament — that upon which anything is founded
• Romanian: fundație — that upon which anything is founded
• Romanian: temelie — that upon which anything is founded
• Romanian: temei — that upon which anything is founded
• Russian: фунда́мент (fundáment) — that upon which anything is founded
• Russian: осно́ва (osnóva) — that upon which anything is founded
• Russian: ба́зис (bázis) — that upon which anything is founded
• Sanskrit: धरुण (dharuṇa) — that upon which anything is founded
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏длога — that upon which anything is founded
• Serbo-Croatian: фунда̀мент — that upon which anything is founded
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍdloga — that upon which anything is founded
• Serbo-Croatian: fundàment — that upon which anything is founded
• Sindhi: پِيڙهه (pīṛh) — that upon which anything is founded
• Sindhi: بنياد (bnyād) — that upon which anything is founded
• Slovak: základy — that upon which anything is founded
• Spanish: cimiento — that upon which anything is founded
• Swahili: msingi — that upon which anything is founded
• Swedish: grund — that upon which anything is founded
• Swedish: fundament — that upon which anything is founded
• Tagalog: kinababatayan — that upon which anything is founded
• Tocharian B: ścmoñña — that upon which anything is founded
• Turkish: temel — that upon which anything is founded
• Ottoman Turkish: قاعده (kaʿide) — that upon which anything is founded
• Ottoman Turkish: تمل (temel) — that upon which anything is founded
• Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎒𐎄 (ysd) — that upon which anything is founded
• Ukrainian: фунда́мент (fundáment) — that upon which anything is founded
• Ukrainian: осно́ва (osnóva) — that upon which anything is founded
• Ukrainian: ба́зис (bázys) — that upon which anything is founded
• Urdu: قاعِدَہ (qā'idā) — that upon which anything is founded
• Urdu: بُنیاد (buniyād) — that upon which anything is founded
• Vietnamese: móng — that upon which anything is founded
• Vietnamese: nền móng — that upon which anything is founded
• Welsh: sylfaen — that upon which anything is founded
• Yiddish: פֿונדאַמענט (fundament) — that upon which anything is founded
• Yiddish: יסוד (yesod) — that upon which anything is founded
• Finnish: perusta — result of the work to begin something
• German: Fundament — result of the work to begin something
• German: Grundlage — result of the work to begin something
• Malayalam: അടിത്തറ (aṭittaṟa) — result of the work to begin something
• Spanish: cimiento — result of the work to begin something
• Finnish: peruspakka — pile of cards
• German: Stapel — pile of cards
• Armenian: հիմք (himkʻ) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Bashkir: нигеҙ (nigeź) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Belarusian: падмурак (padmurak) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Belarusian: цо́каль (cókalʹ) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Bulgarian: фундаме́нт (fundamént) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Bulgarian: осно́ва (osnóva) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Catalan: fonaments — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Chinese Mandarin: 地基 (dìjī) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Danish: fundament — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Dutch: fundering — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Esperanto: institucio — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Esperanto: fundamento — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Finnish: perustus — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• French: fondation — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Galician: fundamento — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Galician: cimento — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Galician: alicerce — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• German: Fundament — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• German: Gründung — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• German: Grundlage — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Greek: θεμέλιο (themélio) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Hebrew: תַּשְׁתִּית (tashtít) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Hindi: नींव (nī̃v) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Icelandic: grunnur — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Irish: bunsraith — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Italian: fondazione — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Kabuverdianu: pardueru — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Kabuverdianu: pardiere — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Khmer: ឃរមូល (khĕəʼrĕəʼ muul) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Khmer: ធារ (thiə) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Māori: tūāpapa — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Marathi: पाया (pāyā) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Norwegian Bokmål: grunnmur — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Old English: grundweall — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Persian: فونداسیون (fondâsion) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Polish: fundament — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Portuguese: base — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Portuguese: alicerce — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Quechua: manqu — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Quechua: takay — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Romanian: fundație — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Romanian: temelie — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Romanian: bază — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Russian: цо́коль (cókolʹ) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Russian: фунда́мент (fundáment) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Scottish Gaelic: bun-stèidh — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Serbo-Croatian: тѐмељ — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Serbo-Croatian: фунда̀мент — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Serbo-Croatian: tèmelj — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Serbo-Croatian: fundàment — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Sindhi: پِيڙهه (pīṛh) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Sindhi: بنياد (bnyād) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Spanish: cimiento — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Swahili: msingi — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Swedish: grund — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Swedish: bas — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Turkish: kāide — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Turkish: temel — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Ottoman Turkish: قاعده (kaʿide) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Ottoman Turkish: تمل (temel) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Vietnamese: nền móng — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Yiddish: פֿונדאַמענט (fundament) — lowest and supporting part or member of a wall
• Bulgarian: фонда́ция (fondácija) — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Finnish: peruspääoma — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• French: fondation — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Hindi: संस्थान (sansthān) — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Hindi: प्रतिष्ठान (pratiṣṭhān) — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Polish: fundacja — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Portuguese: dote — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Romanian: fundație — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Romanian: fond — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Russian: фонд (fond) — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Serbo-Croatian: фонда́ција — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Serbo-Croatian: за́дужбина — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Serbo-Croatian: fondácija — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Serbo-Croatian: zádužbina — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Serbo-Croatian: zaklada — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Sindhi: پِيڙهڪا (pīṛhkā) — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Swedish: grundplåt — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Swedish: kapital — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Swedish: fond — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Swedish: arv — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Swedish: testamente — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Swedish: förmögenhet — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Swedish: stiftelse — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Swedish: donation — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Turkish: kuruluş — legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution
• Arabic: مُؤَسَّسَة (muʔassasa) — endowed institution or charity
• Armenian: հիմնադրամ (himnadram) — endowed institution or charity
• Bashkir: хәйриә (xəyriə) — endowed institution or charity
• Breton: diazezadur — endowed institution or charity
• Bulgarian: фонда́ция (fondácija) — endowed institution or charity
• Catalan: fundació — endowed institution or charity
• Cherokee: ᎦᎫᏍᏓᎥ (gagusdav) — endowed institution or charity
• Chinese Mandarin: 基金會 /基金会 (jījīnhuì) — endowed institution or charity
• Czech: nadace — endowed institution or charity
• Dutch: stichting — endowed institution or charity
• Esperanto: fondaĵo — endowed institution or charity
• Finnish: säätiö — endowed institution or charity
• French: fondation — endowed institution or charity
• Galician: fundación — endowed institution or charity
• German: Stiftung — endowed institution or charity
• Greek: ίδρυμα (ídryma) — endowed institution or charity
• Hebrew: קֶרֶן (kéren) — endowed institution or charity
• Hungarian: alapítvány — endowed institution or charity
• Icelandic: stofnun — endowed institution or charity
• Indonesian: yayasan — endowed institution or charity
• Italian: fondazione — endowed institution or charity
• Japanese: 基金 (kikin) — endowed institution or charity
• Japanese: 財団 (zaidan) — endowed institution or charity
• Kazakh: қор (qor) — endowed institution or charity
• Central Kurdish: دەسگا (desga) — endowed institution or charity
• Central Kurdish: دەزگا (dezga) — endowed institution or charity
• Malay: yayasan — endowed institution or charity
• Meänkieli: stiftelsi — endowed institution or charity
• Norwegian Bokmål: stiftelse — endowed institution or charity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stiftelse — endowed institution or charity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stifting — endowed institution or charity
• Occitan: fondacion — endowed institution or charity
• Polish: fundacja — endowed institution or charity
• Portuguese: fundação — endowed institution or charity
• Romanian: fundație — endowed institution or charity
• Romanian: așezământ — endowed institution or charity
• Russian: фонд (fond) — endowed institution or charity
• Sindhi: پِيڙهڪا (pīṛhkā) — endowed institution or charity
• Lower Sorbian: załožba — endowed institution or charity
• Upper Sorbian: załožba — endowed institution or charity
• Spanish: fundación — endowed institution or charity
• Swedish: stiftelse — endowed institution or charity
• Swedish: fond — endowed institution or charity
• Thai: มูลนิธิ (muun-lá-ní-tí) — endowed institution or charity
• Turkish: vakıf — endowed institution or charity
• Turkish: yardım kurumu — endowed institution or charity
• Ukrainian: фонд (fond) — endowed institution or charity
• Ukrainian: фундація (fundacija) — endowed institution or charity
• Welsh: sefydliad — endowed institution or charity
• Afrikaans: onderlaag — cosmetic cream
• Arabic: أَسَاس (ʔasās) — cosmetic cream
• Chinese Mandarin: 粉底 (fěndǐ) — cosmetic cream
• Finnish: alusvoide — cosmetic cream
• French: fond de teint — cosmetic cream
• German: Foundation — cosmetic cream
• German: Grundierung — cosmetic cream
• Greek: φον ντε τεν (fon nte ten) — cosmetic cream
• Hungarian: alapozó — cosmetic cream
• Icelandic: meik — cosmetic cream
• Japanese: ファンデーション (fandēshon) — cosmetic cream
• Korean: 파운데이션 (paundeisyeon) — cosmetic cream
• Polish: podkład — cosmetic cream
• Polish: fluid — cosmetic cream
• Polish: make-up — cosmetic cream
• Portuguese: base — cosmetic cream
• Romanian: fond de ten — cosmetic cream
• Russian: тона́льный крем (tonálʹnyj krem) — cosmetic cream
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏длога — cosmetic cream
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍdloga — cosmetic cream
• Spanish: base — cosmetic cream
• Swedish: foundation — cosmetic cream
• Thai: รองพื้น (rɔɔng-pʉ́ʉn) — cosmetic cream
• Turkish: fondöten — cosmetic cream
• Finnish: perusta — basis for social bodies; intellectual disciplines
• Galician: fundamento — basis for social bodies; intellectual disciplines
• German: Grundlage — basis for social bodies; intellectual disciplines
• German: Basis — basis for social bodies; intellectual disciplines