fountain
English
/ˈfaʊn.tn̩/, [ˈfaʊn.ʔn̩]
noun
Definitions
- (originally) A natural source of water; a spring.
- An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
- The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
- A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
- A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
- (heraldiccharge) A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
- (juggling) A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
- (US) A soda fountain.
- (US) A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
Etymology
Derived from Old French fontaine derived from Latin fontana, fontanus.
Origin
Latin
fontanus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fountaineer English
- fountaingrass English
- fountainhead English
- fountainless English
- fountainlet English
- fountainlike English
- fountainous English
- grass English
- head English
- fontana Latin
- fontanus Latin
- fontāna Latin
- fōns Latin
- fontaine French
- fontana Spanish, Castilian
- fontene Norwegian Bokmål
- fontene Norwegian Nynorsk
- fontaine Old French
- fontenele Old French
- fontano Esperanto
- fontaine Middle French
- funtana Sicilian
- funtana Ladin