"fountainhead" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fountainheads [plural]
Etymology: fountain + head Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fountain|head}} fountain + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} fountainhead (plural fountainheads)
  1. A spring that is the source of a river. Translations (a spring that is the source of a river): աղբերակ (aġberak) (Armenian), سەرچاوە (serçawe) (Central Kurdish), 源頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 源头 (yuántóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 水源 (shuǐyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), alkulähde (Finnish), Quelle [feminine] (German), βρυσομάνα (vrysomána) [feminine] (Greek), kútfő (Hungarian), mātāwai (Maori)
    Sense id: en-fountainhead-en-noun-RaVkp4ne Disambiguation of 'a spring that is the source of a river': 87 13
  2. An abundant source of knowledge, etc. Translations (an abundant source of knowledge, etc.): 本源 (běnyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), lähde (Finnish), Ursprung [masculine] (German), Quelle [feminine] (German), kútfő (Hungarian), kútforrás (Hungarian), sorgente [feminine] (Italian), fonte [feminine] (Italian), ard-phersoon [masculine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-fountainhead-en-noun-6pHs22mI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'an abundant source of knowledge, etc.': 11 89

Inflected forms

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