fontaine

== French == === Etymology === Inherited 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/ Rhymes: -ɛn === Noun === fontaine f (plural fontaines) fountain (juggling) fountain cistern (domestic); tank (of a flush toilet) standpipe ==== Derived terms ==== Bellefontaine Fontaine-de-Vaucluse 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 oblique singular, f (oblique plural fontaines, nominative singular fontaine, nominative plural fontaines) fountain ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: English: fountain Middle French: fontaine French: fontaine