fount

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of fountain

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aʊnt

Noun

fount (plural founts)

something from which water flows
a device from which poultry may drink
(figuratively) that from which something flows or proceeds
He is a real fount of knowledge!

Synonyms

font
fountain
(device from which animals drink): waterer

Translations

something from which water flows

Aragonese: fuent (an) f
Bulgarian: извор (bg) m (izvor)
Extremaduran: fuenti, huenti
French: source (fr) f, fontaine (fr) f, fontaine (fr) f
German: Quelle (de) f

Greek: πηγή (el) f (pigí) (pigí), βρύση (el) f (vrýsi) (vrísi), κρήνη (el) f (kríni) (kríni)
Italian: fonte (it) f
Latin: fons (la) m
Spanish: fuente (es) f

metaphorical source

Aragonese: fuent (an) f
Bulgarian: първоизточник (bg) m (pǎrvoiztočnik)
Extremaduran: fuenti, huenti
French: source (fr) f, origine (fr) f, origine (fr) f

German: Quelle (de) f
Greek: πηγή (el) f (pigí) (pigí)
Italian: fonte (it) f
Spanish: fuente (es) f

drinking device for animals — see waterer

Etymology 2

From Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre: to melt.

Alternative forms

font

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɒnt/
Homophone: font

Noun

fount (plural founts)

(typography, Britain, dated) A typographic font.

References

“fount” in the Katherine Barker, editor, Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd edition, Don Mills, Ont.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, →ISBN.
Bringhurst, Robert (2002). The Elements of Typographic Style, version 2.5, pp 291–2. Vancouver, Hartley & Marks. →ISBN.

Anagrams

futon

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