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основа́тель — meaning in English

osnovatel

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English meaning

  • founder noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
  • progenitor noun A direct ancestor of a person, such as a parent or grandparent.

Senses

основа́тель is used for these senses in English:

  • founder One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
  • progenitor (figuratively) Someone who originates something.

founder — full definition

  1. noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
  2. verb To fail or fall apart, especially of a plan, negotiation, or ship.

progenitor — full definition

  1. noun A direct ancestor of a person, such as a parent or grandparent.
  2. noun The original person that a family, tribe or nation traces its line back to.
  3. noun An ancestral form of a species.
  4. noun An earlier form or version that something else later developed from.
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