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- Dictionaryfount/fɒnt/
noun
- 1. a source of a desirable quality or commodity: "our courier was a fount of knowledge"
- 2. a spring or fountain. literary
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FOUNT definition: 1. the person or place from which all information on a particular subject comes: 2. a set of…. Learn more.
Noun (1) Middle English, from Anglo-French funte, founte, from Latin font-, fons. Noun (2) French fonte, from Middle French — more at font.
FOUNT meaning: 1. the person or place from which all information on a particular subject comes: 2. a set of…. Learn more.
If you describe a person or thing as the fount of something, you are saying that they are an important source or supply of it. [ literary ] To the young boy his father was the fount of all knowledge.
Fount definition: a spring of water; fountain. . See examples of FOUNT used in a sentence.
fount (of something) the place where something important comes from synonym source. She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge. I would hardly regard him as a fount/source of all wisdom.
Define fount. fount synonyms, fount pronunciation, fount translation, English dictionary definition of fount. n. 1. A fountain. 2. One that initiates or dispenses; a source: Damascus—the fount of modern Arab nationalism. n. Chiefly British Variant of font2.
A complete guide to the word "FOUNT": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Noun. Filter. noun. founts. A fountain or spring. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A source. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Font. Webster's New World. Something from which water flows. Wiktionary. A device from which poultry may drink. Wiktionary. More Noun Definitions (2) Synonyms: case. face. typeface. font. fountain.
fount. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English fount /faʊnt/ noun → the fount of all knowledge/wisdom etc Examples from the Corpus fount • The monarch was also entitled, as the fount of Justice, to the profits of his lawcourts. • The mental powers, which made that spiritual quest possible, were the fount of human uniqueness - not ...
