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fontaine — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Fontaine name A French surname meaning "fountain" or "spring."
  • fount noun Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring.
  • fountain noun A structure that shoots or sprays water, often as a decoration in a public space.
  • spring noun The season between winter and summer, when plants begin to grow again.
  • well adv In a good, skillful, or satisfactory way.

Senses

fontaine is used for these senses in English:

  • fount (chiefly, poetic, dated, or, archaic) ; a spring. [from late 16th c.]
  • fountain 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.
  • fountain The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
  • spring (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
  • well A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.

fount — full definition

  1. noun Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring.
  2. noun A device from which poultry may drink; a waterer.
  3. noun That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.

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