fons

1. (declension-3) water issuing from the ground, a spring
2. (declension-3, plural-normally, poetic) the water or waters of a river, sea etc.
3. (declension-3, metonymically) a well, fountain or font (a large container where water pools)
4. (declension-3, metonymically) a well, fountain or font (a large container where water pools)
5. (broadly, declension-3) the origin or source of a river (also figuratively)
6. (broadly, declension-3) the origin or source of a river (also figuratively)

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfõːs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fontis, from earlier *θontis, from a Proto-Indo-European root cognate with Sanskrit धन्वति (dhanvati, “flows, runs”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰónh₂-ti-s, from *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”).

Concepts

spring

fount

font

fountain-head

well-spring

Synonyms

scaturigo

Translations

fuente

Quelle

fonte

source

πηγή

fonte

kanî

źródło

bron

kaynak

pınar

manantial

sorgente

κεφαλάρι

font