fount
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Latin fons
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -aʊnt
Noun [edit]
fount (plural founts)
- something from which water flows
- a device from which poultry may drink
- (figuratively) that from which something flows or proceeds
- He is a real fount of knowledge!
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
something from which water flows
metaphorical source
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre: to melt.
Alternative forms [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
fount (plural founts)
- (typography, UK, dated) A typographic font.
References [edit]
- “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.