sponsor

See also: Sponsor

English

Etymology

From Latin sponsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”), from sponsus, past participle of spondeō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɒn.sə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑn.səɹ/

Noun

sponsor (plural sponsors)

1. 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.

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     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.

   1. 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.

2. 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

person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)

• Czech: sponzor (cs) m
• French: commanditaire (fr) m, sponsor (fr) m
• German: Sponsor (de) m, Sponsorin (de) f
• Greek: χορηγός (el) m or f (chorigós), ανάδοχος (el) m or f (anádochos)
• Irish: urraitheoir m
• Manx: barrantagh m
• Maori: kaitautoko
• Portuguese: patrocinador (pt) m
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• Russian: поручи́тель (ru) m (poručítelʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sponsair m, goistidh m (godfather), bana-ghoistidh m (godmother)
• Spanish: patrocinador m, patrocinadora (es) f
• Swahili: mfadhili (sw)
• Swedish: fadder (sv) c, gudmor (sv) c, gudfar (sv) c
• Volapük: (♂+♀) spönan (vo), (♂) hispönan, (♀) jispönan
• Welsh: noddwr (cy) m

One that pays all or part of the cost of an event

• Finnish: sponsori (fi)
• French: sponsor (fr) m, commanditaire (fr) m (Quebec)
• German: Sponsor (de) m
• Greek: χορηγός (el) m (chorigós)
• Italian: sponsor (it) m
• Malay: penganjur
• Norman: sponseur m, spons'rêsse f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sponsor (no) m

  Nynorsk: sponsor m

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• Portuguese: patrocinador (pt) m
• Russian: спо́нсор (ru) m (spónsor)
• Spanish: patrocinador m
• Swahili: mfadhili (sw)
• Swedish: sponsor (sv) c

Verb

sponsor (third-person singular simple present sponsors, present participle sponsoring, simple past and past participle sponsored)

1. (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.

Derived terms

• sponsorial
• sponsorship

Translations

to be a sponsor for

• Czech: sponzorovat (cs)
• Dutch: sponsoren (nl)
• Finnish: sponsoroida (fi)
• French: (with respect to money) sponsoriser (fr), financer (fr), parrainer (fr), patronner (fr)
• German: sponsern (de)
• Greek: επιχορηγώ (el) (epichorigó)
• Ido: sponsorar
• Irish: urraigh
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• Malay: menganjurkan
• Maori: tautoko (mi)
• Portuguese: patrocinar (pt)
• Romanian: sponsoriza (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: sponsairich
• Spanish: patrocinar (es)
• Swedish: sponsra (sv)

Further reading

• “sponsor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “sponsor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Danish

Etymology

From English sponsor.

Noun

sponsor c (singular definite sponsoren, plural indefinite sponsorer)

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Declension

Declension of sponsor

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sponsor	sponsoren	sponsorer	sponsorerne
genitive	sponsors	sponsorens	sponsorers	sponsorernes

Further reading

• “sponsor” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sponsor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sponsor m or f (plural sponsors or sponsoren, diminutive sponsortje n)

1. sponsor

Synonyms

• financierder

Verb

sponsor

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of sponsoren
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of sponsoren

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sponsor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɔ̃.sɔʁ/

Noun

sponsor m (plural sponsors)

1. 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)

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.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sponsor.

Noun

sponsor m (uncountable)

1. sponsor (commercial)

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Latin

Etymology

From spondeō (“to promise”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspon.sor/, [ˈs̠põːs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspon.sor/, [ˈspɔnsor]

Noun

spōnsor m (genitive spōnsōris); third declension

1. a bondsman, surety

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spōnsor	spōnsōrēs
Genitive	spōnsōris	spōnsōrum
Dative	spōnsōrī	spōnsōribus
Accusative	spōnsōrem	spōnsōrēs
Ablative	spōnsōre	spōnsōribus
Vocative	spōnsor	spōnsōrēs

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • 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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English sponsor.

Noun

sponsor m (definite singular sponsoren, indefinite plural sponsorer, definite plural sponsorene)

1. a sponsor

Related terms

• sponse

References

• “sponsor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English sponsor.

Noun

sponsor m (definite singular sponsoren, indefinite plural sponsorar, definite plural sponsorane)

1. a sponsor

Related terms

• sponse

References

• “sponsor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sponsor.

Noun

sponsor m (plural sponsores)

1. sponsor

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sponsor.

Noun

sponsor c

1. a sponsor

Declension

Declension of sponsor

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sponsor	sponsors
	definite	sponsorn	sponsorns
plural	indefinite	sponsorer	sponsorers
	definite	sponsorerna	sponsorernas

Related terms

• sponsra
• sponsring