"founding" meaning in English

See founding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfaʊndɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-founding.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-founding.wav [US]
Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} founding (not comparable)
  1. Who or that founds (establishes or starts) or founded. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: founding father, founding member, founding mother Translations (who or that founds or founded): zakládající (Czech), perustaja- (Finnish), fondateur (French), Gründungs- (German), gründend (German), fundador (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-founding-en-adj-FUckmxpr

Noun

IPA: /ˈfaʊndɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-founding.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-founding.wav [US] Forms: foundings [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} founding (plural foundings)
  1. The establishment of something. Translations (establishment of something): հիմնադրում (himnadrum) (Armenian), oprichting [feminine] (Dutch), perustaminen (Finnish), fondation [feminine] (French), création [feminine] (French), Gründung [feminine] (German), costituzione [feminine] (Italian), creazione [feminine] (Italian), fondazione [feminine] (Italian), założenie [neuter] (Polish), fundación [feminine] (Spanish), grundande [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-founding-en-noun-JmloN46d

Verb

IPA: /ˈfaʊndɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-founding.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-founding.wav [US]
Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} founding
  1. present participle and gerund of found Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: found
    Sense id: en-founding-en-verb-gE87Cd6a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 1 74

Inflected forms

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      ],
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    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "who or that founds or founded",
      "word": "zakládající"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "who or that founds or founded",
      "word": "perustaja-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "who or that founds or founded",
      "word": "fondateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "who or that founds or founded",
      "word": "Gründungs-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "who or that founds or founded",
      "word": "gründend"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "who or that founds or founded",
      "word": "fundador"
    }
  ],
  "word": "founding"
}

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