• IPA: /ˈfaʊndɪŋ/

1. Present participle and gerund of found

founding (plural foundings)

1. The establishment of something.

   the founding of the republic

   • 2005, Donatella Della Porta, Sidney G. Tarrow, Transnational Protest and Global Activism:

     Do foundings of transnational organizations appear to spur foundings of national organizations, or vice versa?

• French: fondation, création
• German: Gründung
• Italian: costituzione, creazione, fondazione
• Spanish: fundación

founding (not comparable)

1. Who or that founds (establishes or starts) or founded.

   The founding fathers of our country.

• French: fondateur
• German: Gründungs-, gründend
• Spanish: fundador