fount

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Alternative spellings 1.2.2 Pronunciation 1.2.3 Noun 1.2.4 References 1.3 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin fons

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊnt

[edit] Noun

fount (plural founts)

1. something from which water flows
2. a device from which poultry may drink
3. (metaphorical) that from which something flows or proceeds

   He is a real fount of knowledge!

[edit] Synonyms

• font
• fountain
• (for definition 2) waterer

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre: to melt.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• font

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɒnt/, like font

[edit] Noun

fount (plural founts)

1. (typography, British, dated) A typographic font.

[edit] References

• “fount” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Bringhurst, Robert (2002). The Elements of Typographic Style, version 2.5, pp 291–2. Vancouver, Hartley & Marks. ISBN 0-88179-133-4.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: fnotu
• futon