fonto

fonto

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian fonte, from Latin fontes, nominative plural of Latin fons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfonto/

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• Hyphenation: fon‧to

Noun

fonto (accusative singular fonton, plural fontoj, accusative plural fontojn)

1. spring, well (water source), fount, fountain
   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 24:43.

     Jen mi staras apud la fonto da akvo.

     Here I stand by the spring.

2. (figuratively) source

Synonyms

• fonteno

Derived terms

• fontoplumo
• termofonto

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Ido

Noun

fonto (plural fonti)

1. spring (water source), font

Derived terms

• fontala

Compounds

• aquofonto
• fontolinguo