"foundation (institution)" in seven languages
Meaningfoundation (institution)
Spanish
fundación
/fundaˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
fondation
/fɔ̃dasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
fondazione
/fondatˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
fundação
/fũdaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
fundație
/funˈdatsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
fundació
/fundəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
foundation
/faʊnˈdeɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French fondation, from Latin
English → Italianfoundation (institution)fondazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
FUNDĀTIŌNEM‘a founding (from FUNDĀRE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A body founded to fund a cause. A building's foundations are a different word in Spanish and Italian (cimientos, fondamenta); French and English use one word for both.
English relatives: found, fundamental, fund
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In a sentence
- esLa fundación financia la investigación médica.
- frLa fondation finance la recherche médicale.
- itLa fondazione finanzia la ricerca medica.
- ptA fundação financia pesquisas médicas.
- roFundația finanțează cercetarea medicală.
- caLa fundació finança la recerca mèdica.
- enThe foundation funds medical research.