English Explanatory Dictionary

fountain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A natural source of water; a spring.
  2. 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.
  3. The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
  4. A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
  5. A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
  6. A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
  7. A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
  8. A soda fountain.
  9. A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
  10. A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
  11. Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.
verb
  1. To flow or gush as if from a fountain.
name
  1. A placename:
  2. A ghost town in Mendocino County, California, United States.
  3. A city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, named after Fountain Creek (Arkansas River tributary).
  4. An unincorporated community in Bay County, Florida, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Illinois, United States.
  6. A city in Fountain County, Indiana, United States, USA formerly known as Portland.
  7. A village in Mason County, Michigan, United States.
  8. A city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States.
  9. A town in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.
  10. An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
  11. A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States.
  12. A topographic surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈfaʊn.tɪn/ [ˈfaʊn.tn̩] [ˈfaʊn.ʔn̩] en-us-fountain.ogg

Word forms

fountain fountains fountaining fountained

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”).

Synonyms

fount syke wellspring

Related words

font

Derived words

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