fountain

  • 31fountain — fount, fountain Fount is a shortening of fountain (compare mount and mountain) and is mainly used in poetry and for special effect. It also occurs with the meaning ‘source, origin’ in phrases such as the fount of all wisdom, knowledge, etc …

    Modern English usage

  • 32fountain — upės versmė statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Upės vieta, kur iš žemės išteka vandens srovė. atitikmenys: angl. fountain; fountain of a river; river source; source; source of a river vok. Fluβquelle, f rus. исток реки, m …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 33fountain — 1. noun /ˈfaʊnt.ɪn/ a) A spring, natural source of water. b) 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. Syn:… …

    Wiktionary

  • 34Fountain —    (Heb. ain; i.e., eye of the water desert), a natural source of living water. Palestine was a land of brooks of water, of fountains, and depths that spring out of valleys and hills (Deut. 8:7; 11:11).    These fountains, bright sparkling eyes… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 35Fountain — This interesting and unusual surname is of early medieval English origin, and is from a topographical name for someone who lived near a spring or well, derived from the Old French fontane , from the Late Latin fontana , a derivative of the… …

    Surnames reference

  • 36fountain — A natural spring of flowing water, as opposed to a well or a cistern. Fountains are numerous in upper Galilee. They offer security (Isa. 41:17–18) and are pictured as among the blessings in the eschatological future (Ezek. 47:1–12). Jeremiah… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 37Fountain — Original name in latin Fountain Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Denver longitude 38.68222 latitude 104.70081 altitude 1694 Population 25846 Date 2011 05 14 …

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  • 38fountain — [15] Latin fons meant ‘spring of water’ (it was related to Sanskrit dhan ‘run, flow’). The feminine form of its adjectival derivative, fontāna ‘of a spring’, came to be used in late Latin as a noun, also meaning ‘spring’, and this passed via Old… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 39fountain — foun·tain || faÊŠntn / tɪn n. spring, source of water; source; decorative spray of water; drinking fountain …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 40fountain — noun 1》 an ornamental structure in a pool or lake from which one or more jets of water are pumped into the air. 2》 literary or S. African a natural spring of water. 3》 a source of something desirable. 4》 Heraldry a circle with wavy horizontal… …

    English new terms dictionary