No. 1,831 in French
fondateur
Founder.
In a sentence
Jean est le fondateur de cette organisation.
Jean is the founder of this organization.
In this sentence, 'fondateur' is a noun meaning founder, used to describe a person who establishes an entity or group.
Cette idée est la pierre fondateur de notre méthode.
This idea is the founding stone of our method.
Here, 'fondateur' is used as an adjective, describing something foundational or fundamental to a concept or structure.
Les valeurs fondatrices influencent nos décisions.
The founding values influence our decisions.
In this instance, the word is transformed ('fondatrices') to agree as an adjective in gender and number with the noun it modifies (valeurs).
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