"cofounder" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəʊˈfaʊndə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkoʊ(ˌ)faʊndɚ/ [General-American], /ˌkoʊˈfaʊndɚ/ [General-American] Forms: cofounders [plural]
enPR: kōʹfound'ər Rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ) Etymology: From co- + founder. Etymology templates: {{af|en|co-|founder}} co- + founder Head templates: {{en-noun}} cofounder (plural cofounders)
  1. A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity. Synonyms: co-founder Related terms: cofound Translations (one who founds something with someone else): համահիմնադիր (hamahimnadir) (Armenian), cofundador [masculine] (Catalan), 共同創辦人 (Chinese Mandarin), 共同创办人 (gòngtóngchuàngbànrén) (Chinese Mandarin), mede-oprichter [masculine] (Dutch), kunfondinto (Esperanto), cofondateur [masculine] (French), cofondatrice [feminine] (French), Mitgründer [masculine] (German), Mitgründerin [feminine] (German), társalapító (Hungarian), comhbhunaitheoir [masculine] (Irish), cofondatore [masculine] (Italian), cofondatrice [feminine] (Italian), Matgrënner [masculine] (Luxembourgish), współzałożyciel [masculine] (Polish), współzałożycielka [feminine] (Polish), сооснова́тель (soosnovátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), сооснова́тельница (soosnovátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), соучреди́тель (součredítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), соучреди́тельница (součredítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), cofundador [masculine] (Spanish), cofundadora [feminine] (Spanish), mwanzilishi mwenza (Swahili), medgrundare [common-gender] (Swedish), співзасно́вник (spivzasnóvnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), співзасно́вниця (spivzasnóvnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cofounder-en-noun-PGGb9Lez Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with co-

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