cofounder

See also: co-founder

English

Alternative forms

• co-founder

Etymology

From co- +‎ founder.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈfaʊndə/
• (General American) enPR: kōʹfound'ər, kōʹfound-ər, kō'foundʹər IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ(ˌ)faʊndɚ/, /ˌkoʊˈfaʊndɚ/
• Rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: co‧founder

Noun

cofounder (plural cofounders)

1. A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.

   The two cofounders both attended the ceremony.

Related terms

• cofound

Translations

one who founds something with someone else

• Armenian: համահիմնադիր (hamahimnadir)
• Catalan: cofundador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共同創辦人 / 共同创办人 (gòngtóngchuàngbànrén)

• Dutch: mede-oprichter m
• Esperanto: kunfondinto
• French: cofondateur (fr) m, cofondatrice (fr) f
• German: Mitgründer (de) m, Mitgründerin (de) f
• Hungarian: társalapító (hu)
• Irish: comhbhunaitheoir m
• Italian: cofondatore m, cofondatrice f
• Luxembourgish: Matgrënner m
• Polish: współzałożyciel (pl) m, współzałożycielka (pl) f
• Russian: сооснова́тель (ru) m (soosnovátelʹ), сооснова́тельница (ru) f (soosnovátelʹnica), соучреди́тель (ru) m (součredítelʹ), соучреди́тельница (ru) f (součredítelʹnica)
• Spanish: cofundador (es) m, cofundadora (es) f
• Swahili: mwanzilishi mwenza
• Swedish: medgrundare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: співзасно́вник m (spivzasnóvnyk), співзасно́вниця f (spivzasnóvnycja)