fountain

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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. A soda fountain.
9. 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. Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.

Verb

To flow or gush as if from a fountain.

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈfaʊn.tn̩/

Etymologia (Angielski)

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