fontaine
See also: Fontaine
French
Etymology
From Middle French fontaine, from Old French fontaine, from Late Latin fontāna, from substantivation of the adjective Latin fontānus, from fons.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔ̃.tɛn/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛn
Noun
fontaine f (plural fontaines)
- fountain
- (juggling) fountain
- cistern (domestic); tank (of a flush toilet)
- standpipe
Derived terms
- Bellefontaine
- cresson de fontaine
- femme fontaine
- fontaine de jouvence
- fontaine de lave
Further reading
- “fontaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French fontaine.
Noun
fontaine f (plural fontaines)
- fountain
Descendants
- French: fontaine
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin fontāna, from substantivation of the adjective Latin fontānus, from fōns.
Noun
fontaine f (oblique plural fontaines, nominative singular fontaine, nominative plural fontaines)
- fountain
Descendants
- → Middle English:
- English: fountain
- Middle French: fontaine
- French: fontaine