fondeur

French

Etymology 1

From fondre +‎ -eur.

Noun

fondeur m (plural fondeurs)

1. owner of a foundry
2. founder, the iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation in a foundry

Etymology 2

From fond +‎ -eur, from ski de fond (“cross-country skiing”).

Noun

fondeur m (plural fondeurs)

1. cross-country skier

Further reading

• “fondeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• refondu

Old French

Etymology

Latin fundātor.

Noun

fondeur oblique singular, m (oblique plural fondeurs, nominative singular fondeurs, nominative plural fondeur)

1. founder (instigator; creator)

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine
singular	subject	fondeurs	fonderesse
	oblique	fondeur	fonderesse
plural	subject	fondeur	fonderesses
	oblique	fondeurs	fonderesses

Descendants

• → English: founder