different between fonder vs finder

English

Adjective

fonder

1. comparative form of fond: more fond

Anagrams

• Ferdon, forend

French

Etymology

From Old French fonder and its variants, from Latin fund?re, present active infinitive of fund?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.de/
• Homophones: fondai, fondé, fondée, fondées, fondés, fondez

Verb

fonder

1. to found

Conjugation

Derived terms

• fondateur

Related terms

• fond

Further reading

• “fonder” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• fondre, fronde, refond

Swedish

Noun

fonder

1. indefinite plural of fond

English

Etymology

From Middle English findere, equivalent to find +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?nd?(r)
• IPA^(key): /?fa?nd?(?)/

Noun

finder (plural finders)

1. One who finds or discovers something.

   Finders keepers, losers weepers.

   • 2012, Alan R. Romero, Property Law For Dummies (page 229)

     The finder of treasure trove owns it against the landowner and everyone else except the true owner.

2. An optical device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest

Synonyms

• (discoverer): inventor; see also discoverer

Derived terms

• pure finder

Translations

Anagrams

• Friden, Friend, friend, frined, redfin, refin'd, refind

Danish

Etymology 1

From finde (“to find”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fen?r/, [?fen?]

Noun

finder c (singular definite finderen, plural indefinite findere)

1. finder

Declension

Etymology 2

See finde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fend?r/, [?fen??]

Verb

finder

1. present of finde