"fonto" meaning in Esperanto

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Noun

IPA: [ˈfonto] Forms: fonton [accusative, singular], fontoj [plural], fontojn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -onto Etymology: From Italian fonte, from Latin fontēs, nominative plural of fons. Etymology templates: {{der|eo|it|fonte}} Italian fonte, {{der|eo|la|fontēs}} Latin fontēs, {{m|la|fons}} fons Head templates: {{eo-head}} fonto (accusative singular fonton, plural fontoj, accusative plural fontojn)
  1. spring, well (water source), fount, fountain Categories (topical): Water Synonyms: fonteno
    Sense id: en-fonto-eo-noun-wYAcexGJ Disambiguation of Water: 47 53
  2. (figuratively) source Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Water
    Sense id: en-fonto-eo-noun-Qc9nlLpC Disambiguation of Water: 47 53 Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Esperanto entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fontoplumo, termofonto

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fonto meaning in Esperanto (2.3kB)

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "termofonto"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "fonte"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian fonte",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "fontēs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fontēs",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "fons"
      },
      "expansion": "fons",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Italian fonte, from Latin fontēs, nominative plural of fons.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fonton",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontoj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontojn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fonto (accusative singular fonton, plural fontoj, accusative plural fontojn)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fon‧to"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
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          "parents": [
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            "Matter",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Here I stand by the spring.",
          "text": "1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 24:43.\nJen mi staras apud la fonto da akvo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spring, well (water source), fount, fountain"
      ],
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        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "fount",
          "fount"
        ],
        [
          "fountain",
          "fountain"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "fonteno"
        }
      ]
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          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
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            "Matter",
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            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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          "source"
        ]
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        "(figuratively) source"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfonto]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-onto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fonto"
}
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    "Esperanto nouns",
    "Esperanto terms derived from Italian",
    "Esperanto terms derived from Latin",
    "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Esperanto terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:Esperanto/onto",
    "eo:Water"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fontoplumo"
    },
    {
      "word": "termofonto"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "it",
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      },
      "expansion": "Italian fonte",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "fontēs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fontēs",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "fons",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fonton",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontoj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontojn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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    "fon‧to"
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  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Esperanto terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Here I stand by the spring.",
          "text": "1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 24:43.\nJen mi staras apud la fonto da akvo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      ],
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        [
          "well",
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          "fount",
          "fount"
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        [
          "fountain",
          "fountain"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "fonteno"
        }
      ]
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        "(figuratively) source"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfonto]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-onto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fonto"
}

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