font

Meaning

Noun

1. A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
2. A receptacle for lamp oil in a lamp.

Verb

To overlay (text) on the picture.

Synonyms

typeface

type

fount

baptismal font

spring

source

military police

police

👮

policy

baptistry

type style

fountain

⛲

lettering

baptistery

type face

face

case

typeset

raster font

personality

font type

movable type

word pattern

baptismal bowl

beginning

casting

cast iron

character

characteristic

cop

👮

filth

founding

fountainhead

fuzz

letter

mother

👩‍🍼

nature

print

stoup

type family

Translations

fuente

fonte

κολυμβήθρα

doopvont

fonte battesimale

Schriftart

lettertype

pia batismal

pila bautismal

fonts baptismaux

fonte

police

👮

γραμματοσειρά

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɒnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: font

In summary

From Old English font, an early borrowing from Latin fōns, fontis (“fountain”).