Meaning

11 senses
  1. A natural source of water; a spring.

    a natural flow of ground water

  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.

    His house is right beside that fountain on Street 15.

    Springbrunnen, Brunnen, Fontäne

    фонта́нfontán

    фонта́нfontán, водогра́йvodohráj

  3. The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.

    фонта́нfontán

    фонта́нfontán

    a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises

  4. A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.

  5. (figuratively)A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).

    исто́чникistóčnik, кла́дезьkládezʹ

    джерело́džereló

  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. (US)A soda fountain.

  9. (US)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. (figuratively)Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.

Examples

180 sentences
  1. I've lost my fountain pen. I have to buy one tomorrow.

    Я загубив свою авторучку. Я повинен купити іншу завтра.

    ruЯ потерял свою авторучку. Мне надо купить завтра другую.

    deIch habe meinen Füller verloren. Ich muss morgen einen kaufen.

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  2. I bought a new fountain pen.

    Я купив нову перову ручку.

    deIch habe mir einen neuen Füller gekauft.

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  3. I've lost my new fountain pen.

    deIch habe meinen neuen Füller verloren.

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  4. Tom took a drink from the fountain.

    ruТом попил из фонтана.

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  5. I like writing with a fountain pen.

    deIch schreibe gern mit einem Füller.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
artificial water feature:
source or origin of a flow:
Русский
By meaning 2
artificial water feature:
source or origin of a flow:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
artificial water feature:

Origin

From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late

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

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