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Fontaine

Fontaine

See also: fontaine

French

Proper noun

Fontaine

  1. A surname​.

See also

  • Delafontaine

fontaine

fontaine

See also: Fontaine

French

Noun

fontaine f ‎(plural fontaines)

  1. fountain
  2. (juggling) fountain
  3. cistern (domestic); tank (of a flush toilet)
  4. standpipe

Derived terms

Middle French

Noun

fontaine f (plural fontaines)

  1. fountain

Old French

Noun

fontaine f ‎(oblique plural fontaines, nominative singular fontaine, nominative plural fontaines)

  1. fountain

Etymology

From Latin fontana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔ̃.tɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

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