fountain
[ˈfaʊn.tn̩]
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.91 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
Example Sentences
- "A little fountaine became a riuer, and there was light, & the Sunne, and much water: this riuer is Eſther, whō the King married and made Queene."
- "His house is right beside that fountain on Street 15."
- "As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note."
- "They heard her rouse the sleeping servant, and with her enter the kitchen; then the noise of a fire being lighted and the fountain being filled came to the watchers."
- "Nothing will pleaſe ſome Men, but Books ſtuff’d with Antiquity, groaning under the weight of Learned Quotations drawn from the Fountains: And what is all this but Pilfering."
- "My lighter moods are like to these, That out of words a comfort win; But there are other griefs within, And tears that at their fountain freeze; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [ˈfaʊn.tn̩]
- British English: /ˈfaʊn.tɪn/
Usage
- American usage
- Intransitive verb
- Countable
- Uncountable