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1. (n.) fountain
a spring or source of water from the earth.
2. fountain
the source or origin of anything.
3. fountain
a jet or stream of water caused by mechanical means to spout from an opening or structure.
4. fountain
a structure for discharging such a jet.
5. fountain
a reservoir for a liquid to be supplied continuously, as in a fountain pen.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME fontayne < OF fontaine < LL fontāna, n. use of fem. of L fontānus of a spring =font-, s. of fons spring +-anus-an1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) fountain
a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
2. (noun) spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring
a natural flow of ground water
3. (noun) fountain, jet
an artificially produced flow of water
4. (noun) fountain, fount
a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
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1. (noun) fountain
a decorative object that pumps water up into the air
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) fountain
a spring of water issuing from the earth
2. (noun) fountain
an artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament
3. (noun) fountain
a reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc
4. (noun) fountain
the source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source
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Sense: an often ornamental structure which produces a spring of water that rises into the air
Rome is famous for its beautifully carved stone fountains.
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 Afrikaans: fontein |
 Arabic: نافورَه |
 Bulgarian: фонтан |
 Brazilian: fonte |
 Czech: fontána |
 German: der Springbrunnen |
 Danish: fontæne; springvand |
 Greek: σιντριβάνι |
 Spanish: fuente |
 Estonian: purskkaev |
 Farsi: فواره |
 Finnish: suihkulähde |
 French: fontaine |
 Hebrew: מִזרָקָה |
 Hindi: फव्वारा |
 Croatian: fontana |
 Hungarian: szökőkút |
 Indonesian: air mancur |
 Icelandic: gosbrunnur |
 Italian: fontana |
 Japanese: 噴水 |
 Korean: 분수 |
 Lithuanian: fontanas |
 Latvian: strūklaka |
 Malay: air pancut |
 Dutch: fontein |
 Norwegian: fontene, springvann |
 Polish: fontanna |
 Persian: فواره |
 Pashto: فواره، چينه، مخزن داوبو |
 Portuguese: fonte |
 Romanian: fântână |
 Russian: фонтан |
 Slovak: fontána |
 Slovenian: vodomet |
 Serbian: fontana |
 Swedish: fontän, springbrunn |
 Thai: น้ำพุธรรมชาติ |
 Turkish: fıskiye |
 Taiwanese: 人造噴泉 |
 Ukrainian: фонтан |
 Urdu: فوّارہ |
 Vietnamese: vòi phun nước |
 Chinese: 人造喷泉 |
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