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Founder in French : fondateur

Translations of « founder » in French

Most common translations :

Noun

founder \ˈfaʊn.də\ (Royaume-Uni), \ˈfaʊn.dɚ\ (États-Unis)

  1. Fondateur.
      So far so good and so sweet until you recall that Harold Harmsworth was the founder of the Daily Mail and a happy supporter of the Nazi Party. — (Sandi Toksvig, Between the stops: a most wonderful memoir, 2019, 320 pages, p. 228)
  2. Fondeur (ouvrier ou dirigeant d’une fonderie).
      Exemple d’utilisation manquant. (Add)

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Verb

founder \ˈfaʊn.də\ (Royaume-Uni), \ˈfaʊn.dɚ\ (États-Unis)

  1. Couler, sombrer (en parlant d’un navire, d’une embarcation, ou au figurĂ©).
      We work’d on, but the Water encreasing in the Hold, it was apparent that the ship would founder — (Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, page 13. 1719.) On continua d’travailler, mais le niveau d’eau augmentant dans la cale, il Ă©tait Ă©vident que le vaisseau allait sombrer. As recently reported by the Harvard Business Review, this problem may have been “one of the main reasons that so many online markets makers have foundered. The transactions they had viewed as simple and routine actually involved many subtle distinctions in terminology and meaning”. — (Claudio Masolo et al., Ontology Infrastructure for the Semantic Web, 31/12/2003) Tel que rĂ©cemment rapportĂ© par le Harvard Business Review, ce problĂšme pourrait bien avoir Ă©tĂ© une des raisons pour laquelle tant de teneurs de marchĂ©s en ligne se sont effondrĂ©s. Les transactions qu’ils avaient perçu comme simples et routiniĂšre impliquaient en fait de nombreuses distinctions subtiles de terminologie et de sens.

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Examples of usage of « founder » in English/French

  • The founder of a charity that has gone on to help thousands of people affected by drug and alcohol abuse has died.  

    Le fondateur d'une organisation caritative qui a aidĂ© des milliers de personnes touchĂ©es par la toxicomanie et l'alcoolisme est dĂ©cĂ©dĂ©. Eastern Daily Press — Obituary: Peter Farley, founder of The Matthew Project | Eastern Daily Press
  • Platform uniting fitness enthusiasts born out of founder’s heartbreak when girlfriend dumped him weeks before bodybuilding competition

    Une plateforme rĂ©unissant des passionnĂ©s de fitness est nĂ©e du chagrin d'amour de son fondateur, que sa petite amie a quittĂ© quelques semaines avant une compĂ©tition de bodybuilding. BusinessCloud — OnlyFans founder backs FITFCK dating platform - BusinessCloud
  • Cevat Yerli, the controversial founder and former boss of Crysis and CryEngine developer Crytek, has resurfaced - and he's making virtual meeting software.

    Cevat Yerli, le fondateur controversĂ© et ancien patron du dĂ©veloppeur de Crysis et CryEngine, Crytek, a refait surface - et il crĂ©e un logiciel de rĂ©union virtuelle. Eurogamer.net — Crytek founder Cevat Yerli resurfaces, making virtual meeting software | Eurogamer.net

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