source

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sours, from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surgō (“to rise”), which is composed of sub- (“up from below”) +‎ regō (“lead, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-. Doublet of surge. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɔːs/ (General American) IPA(key): /sɔɹs/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /so(ː)ɹs/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /soəs/ (obsolete) IPA(key): /suːɹs/, /sʊɹs/ Homophone: sauce (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s === Noun === source (plural sources) The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired. Synonym: fund (formal) Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates. A reporter's informant. (computing) Source code. (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET). (graph theory) A node in a directed graph whose edges all go out from it; one with no entering edges. (mathematics, category theory) The domain of a function; the object which a morphism points from. Coordinate term: target ==== Synonyms ==== wellspring, parentage ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “graph theory”): sink ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== resource ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== target === Verb === source (third-person singular simple present sources, present participle sourcing, simple past and past participle sourced) To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource. (transitive) To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “source”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “source”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === 'course, Couser, Crouse, Crusoe, cerous, coures, course, crouse == Chinese == === Alternative forms === 梳屎, 梳士 === Etymology === From English source. === Pronunciation === === Noun === source (Hong Kong Cantonese) source (person, place, thing) (university slang) source material used for copying or plagiarism === References === English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surgere (“to rise”). See surge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /suʁs/ === Noun === source f (plural sources) source, spring (of water) source, origin (of anything) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: sous ⇒ Mauritian Creole: lasours → Romanian: sursă === Verb === source inflection of sourcer: first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/present subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “source”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === coeurs, cœurs coures course, coursé écrous == Middle English == === Noun === source alternative form of sours