fōns — meaning in English

English meaning

• 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.
• source noun The place, person, or thing that something originates from.

Senses

fōns is used for these senses in English:

• baptismal font (Christianity) A large basin used for baptism in or near a church.
• fount (chiefly, poetic, dated, or, archaic) ; a spring. [from late 16th c.]
• source The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
• source code (programming) Human-readable instructions in a programming language, to be transformed into machine instructions by a compiler, assembler or other translator, or to be carried out directly by an interpreter.

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.

fountain — full definition

1. noun A structure that shoots or sprays water, often as a decoration in a public space.
2. noun A natural spring where water rises from the ground.
3. noun A source or origin of something, such as knowledge or generosity.

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