crowdfunding

See also: Crowdfunding

English

Etymology

From crowd +‎ funding.

Noun

crowdfunding (usually uncountable, plural crowdfundings)

  1. (finance) Funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.
    • 2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department”, in CNN[1]:
      It was discovered in September 2020 that Cosgrove was raising money on the “Christian crowdfunding site” GiveSendGo to fund his retirement.

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English crowdfunding.

Noun

crowdfunding

  1. crowdfunding

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English crowdfunding.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁawd.fɔn.diŋ/

Noun

crowdfunding m (uncountable)

  1. crowdfunding
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English crowdfunding.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkɾaw.d͡ʒiˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ/ [ˌkɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ], /ˌkɾawd͡ʒˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ/ [ˌkɾaʊ̯d͡ʒˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkɾawd͡ʒˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ/ [ˌkɾaʊ̯d͡ʒˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ], /ˌkɾaw.d͡ʒiˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ/ [ˌkɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈfɐ̃.d͡ʒĩ]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌkɾaw.dɨˈfɐ̃.dĩ.ɡɨ/ [ˌkɾaw.ðɨˈfɐ̃.dĩ.ɡɨ]

Noun

crowdfunding m (plural crowdfundings)

  1. crowdfunding

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English crowdfunding.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾaudˈfandin/ [kɾau̯ð̞ˈfãn̪.d̪ĩn]
  • Rhymes: -andin
  • Syllabification: crowd‧fun‧ding

Noun

crowdfunding m (plural crowdfundings)

  1. crowdfunding
    Synonym: micromecenazgo

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.