fount

== English == === Etymology 1 === Clipping of fountain, on the pattern of the pair mount, mountain. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /faʊnt/, /fɒnt/ (General American) IPA(key): /faʊnt/, /fɑnt/ Rhymes: -aʊnt, -ɒnt ==== Noun ==== fount (plural founts) (chiefly poetic, dated or archaic) Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring. [from late 16th c.] Synonym: (chiefly figurative) font (by extension, agriculture, archaic) A device from which poultry may drink; a waterer. (figurative) That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source. [from early 17th c.] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === A variant of font, influenced by fount (etymology 1) being a synonym of font (“natural source of water, spring”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɒnt/, /faʊnt/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɑnt/, /faʊnt/ Rhymes: -ɒnt, -aʊnt ==== Noun ==== fount (plural founts) (British spelling) Alternative spelling of font (“a set of glyphs of unified design, usually representing the letters of an alphabet and its supplementary characters belonging to one typeface, style, and weight; a typeface; a family of typefaces”). [from late 17th c.] ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Variant of found. ==== Verb ==== fount (US, Southern) Alternative form of found (past tense of find) === References === === Further reading === font on Wikipedia.Wikipedia spring (hydrology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia fount (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Robert Bringhurst (1996), “[Appendix B: Glossary of Terms] Font”, in The Elements of Typographic Style, 2nd edition, Point Roberts, Wash.; Vancouver, B.C.: Hartley & Marks Publishers, →ISBN, pages 291–292. === Anagrams === futon, FUTON, Ufton == Occitan == === Noun === fount f (plural founts) spring, fountain