fonte

See also: Fonte and fönte

Asturian

Alternative forms

• fuente

Etymology

From Latin fōns, fōntem

Noun

fonte f (plural fontes)

1. fountain, spring
2. source

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃t/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃t

Etymology 1

Probably from fondre.

Noun

fonte f (plural fontes)

1. melting, smelting, thawing
2. cast iron
3. (typography) font

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian fonda (“purse”), from Latin funda (“leather pocket, sling”).

Noun

fonte f (plural fontes)

1. holster (on saddle)

Further reading

• “fonte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Fonte dos Cabalos, Santiago de Compostela

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese fonte, from Latin fōntem, singular accusative of fōns (“spring; fountain”). Cognate with Portuguese fonte and Spanish fuente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔnte̝/

Noun

fonte f (plural fontes)

1. spring (of water)

   Synonym: manancial

2. fountain

   Synonym: chafariz

3. source, fount (origin)

   Synonym: orixe

4. platter (tray for serving food)

   Synonym: travesa

Related terms

• A Fonsagrada
• Fomiñá
• Fonsagrada
• Fontaíña
• Fonte Maior
• Fonte Pernal
• Fontearcada
• Fonteboa
• Fontechousa
• Fontecova
• Fontefría
• Fonteita
• fontela
• Fontela
• fontelo
• Fontelo
• Fontemaior
• Fontenla
• Fontenlo
• Fontenova
• Fontes
• Fonteseca
• Fontevella
• Fontiña
• Fontiñas
• Fontoira
• Fontoura

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fonte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fonte”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Interlingua

Noun

fonte (plural fontes)

1. source, font

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin fōntem, accusative of fōns, of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfon.te/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fonte f (plural fonti)

1. spring (of water)
2. source or fount

fonte m (plural fonti)

1. font (baptismal)

Related terms

• fonte energetica / fonte d'energia
• fontana

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfon.te/, [ˈfɔn̪t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfon.te/, [ˈfɔn̪t̪e]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) fonte

1. ablative singular of fōns

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfõ.t͡ʃi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfõ.te/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfõ.tɨ/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese fonte, from Latin fōntem, singular accusative of fōns (“spring; fountain”), of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Noun

fonte f (plural s)

1. spring (water source)
2. fountain
3. source (that from which something comes or is acquired)
4. (anatomy) temple of the head

Synonyms

• (spring): nascente, vertedouro
• (fountain): chafariz, bica
• (source): origem, causa, princípio
• (temple): têmpora

Holonyms

• (temple): cabeça

Derived terms

• código fonte

Related terms

• fontícula

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fundō (“I smelt”).

Noun

fonte f (plural s)

1. (typography) font