different between fund vs reservoir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fond, from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Noun

fund (plural funds)

1. A sum or source of money.

2. An organization managing such money.
3. A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.

4. A large supply of something to be drawn upon.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

fund (third-person singular simple present funds, present participle funding, simple past and past participle funded)

1. (transitive) To pay for.

2. (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
3. (transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.

Translations

Albanian

Alternative forms

• fun, funn (Gheg) [f?n]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fund]

Noun

fund m (indefinite plural funde, definite singular fundi, definite plural fundet)

1. end
2. bottom (lowest part)

Declension

Derived terms

• fundërri (Tosk)
• fundi (Tosk), funi (Gheg)
• fundit (Tosk), funit (Gheg)
• fundor (Tosk), funor (Gheg)

References

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• fundu, afundu

Noun

fund n

1. Alternative form of fundu

Danish

Etymology

Verbal noun to finde (“to find”). Compare Old Norse fundr and German Fund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?n?]

Noun

fund n (singular definite fundet, plural indefinite fund)

1. find
2. bargain
3. discovery

Inflection

Icelandic

Noun

fund

1. indefinite accusative singular of fundur

Middle English

Noun

fund (plural fundes)

1. Alternative form of feend

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ud?m?n. Doublet of fond, which was borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fund]

Noun

fund n (plural funduri)

1. bottom
2. backside; buttocks

Declension

Derived terms

• funda?

Related terms

See also

• ?ezut
• popou
• buc?

References

• fund in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

From French réservoir (“collection place”) (fig.), réservoir (“storehouse”) (lit.). in turn from French réserver (“to reserve, keep”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???z.?.vw??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???z.?(?).vw??/, /???z.?(?).vw??/, /???z.?(?).v??/

Noun

reservoir (plural reservoirs)

1. A place where anything is kept in store
2. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
3. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
4. A supply or source of something.
5. A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.

Derived terms

• air reservoir
• receiving reservoir
• oil reservoir
• petroleum reservoir

Related terms

• reserve

Translations

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French réservoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?.z?r?v?a?r/, /re?.z?r?v?a?r/
• Hyphenation: re?ser?voir

Noun

reservoir n (plural reservoirs, diminutive reservoirtje n)

1. reservoir

Derived terms

• waterreservoir