fountain

Meaning

Noun

1. A natural source of water; a spring.
2. An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
3. The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
4. A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
5. A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
6. A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
7. A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
8. (US) A soda fountain.
9. (US) A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
10. A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
11. (figuratively) Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.

Verb

To flow or gush as if from a fountain.

Synonyms

spring

source

well

fount

jet

stream

cascade

waterfall

artesian well

wellspring

natural spring

font

fountainhead

outflow

outpouring

spout

spring of water

wellhead

source of water

water source

rise

river

root

shower

🚿

shower bath

showerhead

money

💸

sprinkling machine

spray

jet of water

feed-water injector

spurt

geyser

flowing well

derivation

spray fountain

conduit

miniature lake

water skip

waterspout fountain

generating cause

jet d’eau

origin

origination

cause

spray pond

parent

ray

reference

Translations

fuente

fontaine

⛲

fontana

⛲

fonte

fontein

⛲

Springbrunnen

⛲

font

⛲

Brunnen

sorgente

Quelle

source

Fontäne

chafariz

⛲

bron

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfaʊn.tn̩/

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”).

Sentences

According to Thucydide, the water from Callirhoe fountain was used for religious rituals , mostly weddings .