sponsor
English
Etymology
From Latin sponsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”), from sponsus, past participle of spondeō.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈspɒn.sə/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈspɑn.səɹ/
Noun
sponsor (plural sponsors, feminine sponsoress)
- A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
- Hyponyms: godparent, (obsolete) gossip
- He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.
- They were my sponsors for immigration.
- 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803:
- The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.
- A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him.
- My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem.
- 2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, →ISBN, page 173:
- Members also choose a sponsor, with whom they are supposed to remain in regular, even daily, contact—and that, too, is a powerful boost for monitoring.
- One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.
- Synonyms: patron, underwriter
- And now a word from our sponsor.
Translations
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Verb
sponsor (third-person singular simple present sponsors, present participle sponsoring, simple past and past participle sponsored)
- (transitive) To be a sponsor for.
- 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
- Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
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Derived terms
- sponsorial
- sponsorship
Translations
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See also
- patron
Further reading
- sponsor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- sponsor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- Sproson
Danish
Etymology
From English sponsor.
Noun
sponsor c (singular definite sponsoren, plural indefinite sponsorer)
- sponsor
Declension
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sponsor | sponsoren | sponsorer | sponsorerne |
genitive | sponsors | sponsorens | sponsorers | sponsorernes |
Further reading
- “sponsor” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English sponsor.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
sponsor m or f (plural sponsors or sponsoren, diminutive sponsortje n)
- sponsor
Synonyms
- financierder
Descendants
- → Sranan Tongo: sponser
- → Caribbean Javanese: sponsor
Verb
sponsor
- first-person singular present indicative of sponsoren
- imperative of sponsoren
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English sponsor, from Latin spōnsor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spɔ̃.sɔʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
sponsor m (plural sponsors)
- sponsor offering financial support in sports, arts or cultural actions in exchange for notoriety
- Pour mieux trouver le commettant, ou le « sponsor » qui financera les travaux, le chercheur définit un programme, chiffré en temps et en argent. (L'Expansion, févr. 1972, p. 30, col. 2)
- (Middle East business) sponsor cashing on foreign investors
- Vous voulez faire des affaires au Koweit ? Il faut d'abord trouver un sponsor, koweitien, savoir qu'il vous prendra un honnête pourcentage (13 à 15 %) mais refusera d'endosser le moindre risque et disparaîtra au premier accrochage. (Le Nouvel Observateur, 4 févr. 1974, p. 29, col. 2)
Synonyms
- (patron): commanditaire, mécène, parrain
- (Middle East business): caution, garant, répondant
Derived terms
- sponsorisation
- sponsoriser
References
- “sponsor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- “sponsor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English sponsor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɔn.sor/
- Rhymes: -ɔnsor
- Hyphenation: spòn‧sor
Noun
sponsor m (invariable)
- sponsor (commercial)
Latin
Etymology
From spondeō (“to promise”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspon.sor/, [ˈs̠põːs̠ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspon.sor/, [ˈspɔnsor]
Noun
spōnsor m (genitive spōnsōris); third declension
- a bondsman, surety
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | spōnsor | spōnsōrēs |
Genitive | spōnsōris | spōnsōrum |
Dative | spōnsōrī | spōnsōribus |
Accusative | spōnsōrem | spōnsōrēs |
Ablative | spōnsōre | spōnsōribus |
Vocative | spōnsor | spōnsōrēs |
Derived terms
- cōnspōnsor
References
- “sponsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sponsor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sponsor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be security for some one: sponsionem facere, sponsorem esse pro aliquo
- to be security for some one: sponsionem facere, sponsorem esse pro aliquo
- “sponsor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English sponsor.
Noun
sponsor m (definite singular sponsoren, indefinite plural sponsorer, definite plural sponsorene)
- a sponsor
Related terms
- sponse
References
- “sponsor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English sponsor.
Noun
sponsor m (definite singular sponsoren, indefinite plural sponsorar, definite plural sponsorane)
- a sponsor
Related terms
- sponse
References
- “sponsor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English sponsor, from Latin sponsor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɔn.sɔr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔnsɔr
- Syllabification: spon‧sor
Noun
sponsor m pers (feminine sponsorka)
- sponsor, patron, backer
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | sponsor | sponsorzy |
genitive | sponsora | sponsorów |
dative | sponsorowi | sponsorom |
accusative | sponsora | sponsorów |
instrumental | sponsorem | sponsorami |
locative | sponsorze | sponsorach |
vocative | sponsorze | sponsorzy |
Further reading
- sponsor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- sponsor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From English sponsor.
Noun
sponsor m (plural sponsori)
- sponsor
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) sponsor | sponsorul | (niște) sponsori | sponsorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) sponsor | sponsorului | (unor) sponsori | sponsorilor |
vocative | sponsorule | sponsorilor |
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sponsor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈponsoɾ/ [esˈpõn.soɾ]
- Rhymes: -onsoɾ
Noun
sponsor m (plural sponsores)
- sponsor
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.
Further reading
- “sponsor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English sponsor.
Noun
sponsor c
- a sponsor
Declension
Declension of sponsor | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sponsor | sponsorn | sponsorer | sponsorerna |
Genitive | sponsors | sponsorns | sponsorers | sponsorernas |
Related terms
- sponsra
- sponsring