fount

Meaning

1. (archaic, poetic) Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring.
2. (archaic, broadly) A device from which poultry may drink; a waterer.
3. (figuratively) That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.

Synonyms

spring

source

font

fountain

⛲

fountainhead

well

origin

wellspring

root

typeface

cause

face

case

well-spring

faucet

ancestor

fountain-head

head

hub

mainspring

occasion

derivation

origination

originator

parent

pecten

progenitor

reason

reference

rise

commencement

chief

bib

beginning

type family

type font

basis

wellhead

base

fount of type

fount of letter

founder

Translations

fuente

fonte

Quelle

sorgente

source

fontaine

⛲

pınar

manantial

bron

font

⛲

fonte

πηγή

welput

Born

wel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/faʊnt/

Etymology

Clipping of fountain, on the pattern of the pair mount, mountain.