fund

English Online Dictionary. What means fund‎? What does fund mean?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌnd/, /ˈfʌn/ (when followed by "the, this, their" and similar words)
• Rhymes: -ʌnd

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 or provide money for.

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

Derived terms

Translations

References

Albanian

Alternative forms

• fun, funn — Gheg [fũn]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fund]

Noun

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

1. end
2. bottom (lowest part)
3. skirt

Declension

Derived terms

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

References

Further reading

• “fund”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999), “fund”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]

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): [ˈfɔnˀ]

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 (fundes)

1. alternative form of fend

Old Norse

Noun

fund

1. accusative/dative singular of fundr

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond, which was borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fund]

Noun

fund n (plural funduri)

1. bottom

   Synonym: străfund

2. backside; buttocks

   Synonyms: posterior, șezut, dos, popou, cur

3. chopping board

   Synonym: tocător

Declension

Derived terms

• fundaș

Related terms

See also

• bucă

References

• “fund”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025