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fonte — 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.
  • fount noun Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring.
  • 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.

Senses

fonte is used for these senses in English:

  • font (Christianity) A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
  • fountainhead (figuratively) An abundant source of knowledge, etc.
  • source The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
  • source A reporter's informant.
  • source (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  • 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.

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).

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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