fons

See also föns, and føns

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fundus.

Noun

fons m (plural fons)

1. bottom (lowest part)

Verb

fons

1. Second-person singular present indicative form of fondre.

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Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root cognate with Sanskrit धन्वति (dhanvati, “flows, runs”), perhaps *dʰen- (“to flow”). See also Danube.

Noun

fōns (genitive fontis); m, third declension

1. a spring, fountain

   Quaesitum ad fontem solos deducere verpus.

   To guide only the circumcised to the fountain that they seek.

2. fresh water, spring water
3. (by extension) origin, source of something
4. crater lake constituted of asteroids

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	fōns	fontēs
genitive	fontis	fontium
dative	fontī	fontibus
accusative	fontem	fontēs 1
ablative	fonte	fontibus
vocative	fōns	fontēs

¹ May also be fontīs.

Derived terms

• fontanus
• fontana

Descendants

• Catalan: font
• English: font, fount
• French: fontaine
• Italian: fonte
• Portuguese: fonte
• Spanish: fuente

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin fundus.

Noun

fons m

1. bottom (lowest part)

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) funs
• (Sutsilvan) fùns
• (Puter) fuonz
• (Vallader) fuond

Etymology

From Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-mn.

Noun

fons m (plural fons)

1. (Surmiran) field, land, soil, ground