Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fount

/faʊnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: fount
IPA: /faʊnt/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring.

Archaic

noun

A device from which poultry may drink; a waterer.

Archaic

noun

That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.

noun

Archaic spelling of font.

British usage; Archaic

verb

Alternative form of found (past tense of find)

American usage

Example Sentences

"VVhy ſhould the vvorme intrude the maiden bud? / Or hatefull Kuckcovves [cuckoos] hatch in Sparrovvs neſts? / Or Todes infect faire founts vvith venome mud? / […] / But no perfection is ſo abſolute, / That ſome impuritie doth not pollute."
"[T]his top-proud fellovv, / […] / From ſincere motions, by Intelligence, / And proofes as cleere as Founts in Iuly, vvhen / VVee ſee each graine of grauell; I doe knovv / To be corrupt and treaſonous."
"[F]rom that Saphire Fount the criſped Brooks, / Rovvling on Orient Pearl and ſands of Gold, / VVith mazie error under pendant ſhades / Ran Nectar, viſiting each plant, and fed / Flours vvorthy of Paradiſe […]"
"[F]rom the rock, vvith liquid lapſe diſtills / A limpid fount; that ſpread in parting rills / Its current thence to ſerve the city brings: […]"
"High to their fount, this day, amid the hills, / And vvoodlands vvarbling round, trace up the brooks; […]"
"[I]f a perſon did but call at a poor farmer's to aſk the vvay to any place, it vvas next to a cuſtom to aſk him to drink a mug of beer or cyder, and eat a cruſt of bread and cheeſe. But alas! alas! It is not ſo novv. No, it is all over! The graceful cuſtom's loſt; and the thirſty friend and hunger-bitten traveller may ſuck the cryſtal fount, or lick the duſt!"

Etymology

Clipping of fountain, on the pattern of the pair mount, mountain.

Word Breakdown

Root: *dʰenh₂-, *ǵʰewd-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /faʊnt/
British English: /faʊnt/

Usage

Archaic
British usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

founts (plural)

Derived Forms

fountful founting fountlet

Phrases

fount of all wisdom fount of honor fount of honour lamp fount soda fount

Synonyms

font fountain typeface face case

Rhymes With

account amount count mount discount recount viscount dismount surmount remount unmount miscount

Questions

How do you pronounce fount?: The recorded pronunciation is /faʊnt/.
What does fount mean?: Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring.
Where does fount come from?: Clipping of fountain, on the pattern of the pair mount, mountain.

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