fontaine

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French fontaine, from Old French fontaine, from Late Latin fontāna, from substantivation of the adjective Latin fontānus, from fons.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fɔ̃.tɛn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun[edit]

fontaine f (plural fontaines)

  1. fountain
  2. (juggling) fountain
  3. cistern (domestic); tank (of a flush toilet)
  4. standpipe

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French fontaine.

Noun[edit]

fontaine f (plural fontaines)

  1. fountain

Descendants[edit]

  • French: fontaine

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin fontāna, from substantivation of the adjective Latin fontānus, from fōns.

Noun[edit]

fontaine oblique singularf (oblique plural fontaines, nominative singular fontaine, nominative plural fontaines)

  1. fountain

Descendants[edit]