"fount" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fount.wav [Southern-England] Forms: founts [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊnt Etymology: Shortening of fountain Etymology templates: {{m|en|fountain}} fountain Head templates: {{en-noun}} fount (plural founts)
  1. Something from which water flows. Translations (something from which water flows): fuent [feminine] (Aragonese), извор (izvor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), изто́чник (iztóčnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fuenti (Extremaduran), huenti (Extremaduran), source [feminine] (French), fontaine [feminine] (French), Quelle [feminine] (German), πηγή (pigí) [feminine] (Greek), βρύση (vrýsi) [feminine] (Greek), κρήνη (kríni) [feminine] (Greek), fonte [feminine] (Italian), fons [masculine] (Latin), ഉറവ (uṟava) (Malayalam), sours (Middle English), قایناق (kaynak) (Ottoman Turkish), چشمه (çeşme) (Ottoman Turkish), исто́чник (istóčnik) [masculine] (Russian), ключ (ključ) [masculine] (Russian), fuente [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fount-en-noun-lbH2WCi8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 4 6 29 Disambiguation of 'something from which water flows': 82 8 10
  2. A device from which poultry may drink. Synonyms (device from which animals drink): waterer
    Sense id: en-fount-en-noun-X5adFNOZ Disambiguation of 'device from which animals drink': 26 56 18
  3. (figuratively) That from which something flows or proceeds; a source. Tags: figuratively Translations (metaphorical source): fuent [feminine] (Aragonese), първоизточник (pǎrvoiztočnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fuenti (Extremaduran), huenti (Extremaduran), source [feminine] (French), origine [feminine] (French), Quelle [feminine] (German), Born [masculine] (German), πηγή (pigí) [feminine] (Greek), fonte [feminine] (Italian), sours (Middle English), fonte [feminine] (Portuguese), исто́чник (istóčnik) [masculine] (Russian), первоисто́чник (pervoistóčnik) [masculine] (Russian), fuente [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fount-en-noun-GzKAryEO Disambiguation of 'metaphorical source': 19 4 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: font, fountain Derived forms: fount of all wisdom, fount of honor, fount of honour, lamp fount
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /fɒnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-font.wav [Southern-England] Forms: founts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|fonte}} Middle French fonte, {{m|fro|fondre||to melt}} fondre (“to melt”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fount (plural founts)
  1. (typography, UK, dated) A typographic font. Tags: UK, dated Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-fount-en-noun-~sCyFSNo Categories (other): British English Topics: media, publishing, typography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: font
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "изто́чник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ext",
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "word": "fuenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ext",
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "word": "huenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "source"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fontaine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fontaine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Quelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pigí",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πηγή"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vrýsi",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "βρύση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kríni",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κρήνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonte"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fons"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "uṟava",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "word": "ഉറവ"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "word": "sours"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kaynak",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "word": "قایناق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "çeşme",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "word": "چشمه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istóčnik",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "исто́чник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ključ",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ключ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something from which water flows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuente"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuent"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎrvoiztočnik",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "първоизточник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ext",
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "word": "fuenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ext",
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "word": "huenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "source"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "origine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "origine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Quelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Born"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pigí",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πηγή"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonte"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "word": "sours"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "исто́чник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervoistóčnik",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "первоисто́чник"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "metaphorical source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fount"
}

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    "English terms derived from Middle French",
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        "3": "",
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          "text": "For the small characters it was in fact imperative to use such a fount as was available; not to mention that no strictly accurate fount of Chinese type has as yet been cast.",
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        {
          "ref": "1933, Dorothy Sayers, chapter 4, in Murder Must Advertise",
          "text": "Mr. Tallboy corrected the misprints, damned their eyes for using the wrong name-block, made it clear to them that they had set the headlines in the wrong fount, cut the proof to pieces, pasted it up again in the correct size, and returned it.",
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          "ref": "1940 May, G. W. J. Potter, “Tickets of the Great Southern Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 292",
          "text": "The company is to be congratulated on the neatness and businesslike look of the tickets, and also on the very clear and artistic founts of type which are used.",
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        }
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    },
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      "homophone": "font"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-font.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-font.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-font.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-font.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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      "word": "font"
    }
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}
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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fount",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kríni vs. kríni",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fount",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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