founding father

See also: Founding Father

English

Noun

founding father (plural founding fathers)

1. A man who founded something.

   Coordinate term: founding mother

Translations

man who founded something — see also founding mother,‎ founder

• Catalan: pare fundador m
• Czech: otec zakladatel m
• Dutch: stamvader (nl) m
• Finnish: perustaja (fi), perustajaisä
• French: père fondateur (fr) m
• German: Gründervater (de) m, Gründungsvater (de) m
• Hungarian: alapító atya
• Indonesian: peletak dasar, bapak pendiri (id)
• Italian: padre fondatore m
• Manx: bun-ayr m
• Polish: ojciec założyciel m
• Portuguese: pai fundador m
• Russian: оте́ц-основа́тель (ru) m (otéc-osnovátelʹ)
• Slovak: otec zakladateľ m
• Spanish: padre fundador m
• Swedish: grundare (sv) c

Further reading

• “founding father”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “founding father”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “founding father”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “founding father” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.