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Quelle — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • font noun A set of letters and characters sharing one consistent design, style, and weight, used in printing or on a screen.
  • mine pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
  • origin noun The point where something begins or comes from.
  • reference noun A mention of, or connection to, something else.
  • resource noun Something available to be used to achieve a goal, such as materials, money, or people.
  • root noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.
  • source noun The place, person, or thing that something originates from.
  • spring noun The season between winter and summer, when plants begin to grow again.
  • well adv In a good, skillful, or satisfactory way.

Senses

Quelle is used for these senses in English:

  • fountainhead (literally) A spring that is the source of a river.
  • fountainhead (figuratively) An abundant source of knowledge, etc.
  • mine (figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.
  • origin The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
  • reference (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
  • resource Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
  • root (figurative) The primary source; origin.
  • source The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

font — full definition

  1. noun A set of letters and characters sharing one consistent design, style, and weight, used in printing or on a screen.
  2. noun A basin in a church that holds water used for baptism.
  3. noun A source or origin of something, especially knowledge (literary).

mine — full definition

  1. pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
  2. det My — an older or more formal possessive form used before a vowel sound or in set phrases.
  3. noun An underground excavation dug to extract ore, coal, or other minerals.
  4. noun An explosive device buried in the ground or hidden in water, designed to detonate when disturbed.
  5. noun A computer or network of computers used to generate new units of a cryptocurrency.

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