sponsor

sponsor

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English

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈspɒn.sə/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈspɑn.sɚ/

    Noun

    sponsor (plural sponsors)

    1. A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
      Hyponyms: godparent, (obsolete) gossip
      1. A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to guide a new initiate and form a partnership with them.
    2. One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertizing time.
      Synonyms: patron, underwriter

    Translations

    Verb

    sponsor (third-person singular simple present sponsors, present participle sponsoring, simple past and past participle sponsored)

    1. (transitive) To be a sponsor for.

    Derived terms

    • cosponsor
    • sponsor-free
    • sponsorial
    • sponsorship

    Translations

    See also

    • patron

    Further reading

    • “sponsor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
    • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sponsor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

    Anagrams

    • Sproson

    Danish

    Etymology

    From English sponsor.

    Noun

    sponsor c (singular definite sponsoren, plural indefinite sponsorer)

    1. sponsor

    Declension

    Further reading

    • “sponsor” in Den Danske Ordbog

    Dutch

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English sponsor.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    sponsor m or f (plural sponsors or sponsoren, diminutive sponsortje n)

    1. sponsor
      Synonym: financierder

    Related terms

    Descendants

    • → Sranan Tongo: sponser
      • → Caribbean Javanese: sponsor

    Verb

    sponsor

    1. inflection of sponsoren:
      1. first-person singular present indicative
      2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
      3. imperative

    French

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English sponsor, from Latin spōnsor.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /spɔ̃.sɔʁ/

    Noun

    sponsor m (plural sponsors)

    1. sponsor offering financial support in sports, arts or cultural actions in exchange for notoriety
      Pour mieux trouver le commettant, ou le « sponsor » qui financera les travaux, le chercheur définit un programme, chiffré en temps et en argent. (L'Expansion, févr. 1972, p. 30, col. 2)
    2. (Middle East business) sponsor cashing on foreign investors
      Vous voulez faire des affaires au Koweit ? Il faut d'abord trouver un sponsor, koweitien, savoir qu'il vous prendra un honnête pourcentage (13 à 15 %) mais refusera d'endosser le moindre risque et disparaîtra au premier accrochage. (Le Nouvel Observateur, 4 févr. 1974, p. 29, col. 2)

    Synonyms

    • (patron): commanditaire, mécène, parrain
    • (Middle East business): caution, garant, répondant

    Derived terms

    • sponsorisation
    • sponsoriser

    References

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

    Further reading

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

    Indonesian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English sponsor.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈspɔn.sɔr/
    • Rhymes: -sɔr
    • Hyphenation: spon‧sor

    Noun

    sponsor (plural sponsor-sponsor)

    1. sponsor:
      1. a person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect
      2. one that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time
    2. sponsorship:
      1. the state or practice of being a sponsor
      2. the aid or support provided by a sponsor; backing or patronage

    Synonyms

    • (sponsorship (aid, support)): tajaan (Standard Malay)
    • (sponsorship (process)): penajaan (Standard Malay)

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “sponsor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

    Italian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English sponsor.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈspɔn.sor/
    • Rhymes: -ɔnsor
    • Hyphenation: spòn‧sor

    Noun

    sponsor m (invariable)

    1. sponsor (commercial)

    Latin

    Etymology

      From spondeō (“to promise”) +‎ -tor.

      Pronunciation

      • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspõː.sɔr]
      • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈspɔn.sor]

      Noun

      spōnsor m (genitive spōnsōris); third declension

      1. a bondsman, surety

      Declension

      Third-declension noun.

      Derived terms

      • cōnspōnsor

      References

      • “sponsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “sponsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • sponsor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
      • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • “sponsor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

      Norwegian Bokmål

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English sponsor.

      Noun

      sponsor m (definite singular sponsoren, indefinite plural sponsorer, definite plural sponsorene)

      1. a sponsor

      Related terms

      • sponse

      References

      • “sponsor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English sponsor.

      Noun

      sponsor m (definite singular sponsoren, indefinite plural sponsorar, definite plural sponsorane)

      1. a sponsor

      Related terms

      • sponse

      References

      • “sponsor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

      Polish

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English sponsor, from Latin spōnsor.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈspɔn.sɔr/
      • Rhymes: -ɔnsɔr
      • Syllabification: spon‧sor

      Noun

      sponsor m pers (female equivalent sponsorka, related adjective sponsorski)

      1. sponsor, patron, backer (person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect))
        Synonym: fundator
      2. (colloquial) sponsor (one that pays all or part of the cost of an event)

      Declension

      Derived terms

      Related terms

      Further reading

      • sponsor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • sponsor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

      Romanian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English sponsor.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      sponsor m (plural sponsori)

      1. sponsor

      Declension

      Spanish

      Alternative forms

      • espónsor

      Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from English sponsor.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈsponsoɾ/ [ˈspõn.soɾ]
        • Rhymes: -onsoɾ
        • Syllabification: spon‧sor
      • IPA(key): /esˈponsoɾ/ [esˈpõn.soɾ]
        • Rhymes: -onsoɾ

      Noun

      sponsor m (plural sponsors or sponsores)

      1. sponsor

      Usage notes

      According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

      Further reading

      • “sponsor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

      Swedish

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English sponsor.

      Noun

      sponsor c

      1. a sponsor

      Declension

      Related terms

      • sponsra
      • sponsring

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