Feminine

fontana

Meaning

  1. (feminine) fountain
  2. (feminine) source, spring
  3. (feminine) a firework that sends relatively slow sparks in the air which then fall down, very much resembling a fountain

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
fon‧tà‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fonˈta.na/
Etymology

From Late Latin fontāna, from Latin fontānus, from fōns. The meaning of fountain, as an artificial installation, may be partly derived from or influenced by the Old French equivalent.

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