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单词 fount
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fount


fount 1

F0279700 (fount)n.1. A fountain.2. One that initiates or dispenses; a source: Damascus—the fount of modern Arab nationalism.
[Middle English, from Old English and Old French font, both from Latin fōns, font-.]

fount 2

F0279700 (fount)n. Chiefly British Variant of font2.

fount

(faʊnt) n1. poetic a spring or fountain2. source or origin[C16: back formation from fountain]

fount

(faʊnt; fɒnt) n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing another word for font2[C16: from Old French fonte a founding, casting, from Vulgar Latin funditus (unattested) a casting, from Latin fundere to melt; see found3]

fount1

(faʊnt)

n. 1. a spring of water; fountain. 2. a source or origin: a fount of ideas. [1585–95; short for fountain]

fount2

(faʊnt, fɒnt)

n. Brit. font 2.

Fount

 a complete assortment of type of the same size and style; a spring or source. Also called font. See also fountain.Examples: fount of fire, 1833; of inspiration, 1842; of italics, 1862; of life, 1667; of new heresies, 1874; of type, 1878.
Thesaurus
Noun1.fount - a specific size and style of type within a type familyfount - a specific size and style of type within a type familyfont, typeface, face, casetype - printed characters; "small type is hard to read"type family - a complete set of type suitable for printing textunicameral script - a script with a single casebicameral script - a script having two distinct casesconstant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font, typewriter font - a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter)proportional font - any font whose different characters have different widthscartridge font, font cartridge - any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printerblack letter, Gothic - a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuriesbold, bold face, boldface - a typeface with thick heavy linesitalic - a typeface with letters slanting upward to the rightraster font, screen font - the font that is displayed on a computer screen; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed"Helvetica, sans serif - a typeface in which characters have no serifs
2.fount - a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of waterfountainplumbing fixture - a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building

fount

nounA point of origination:beginning, derivation, fountain, fountainhead, mother, origin, parent, provenance, provenience, root, rootstock, source, spring, well.
Translations
βρύσηκρήνηπηγήfontainesourcefontepolizzaserie di caratterisorgentetipo [di caratteri]
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fount


Related to fount: font
  • noun

Synonyms for fount

noun a point of origination

Synonyms

  • beginning
  • derivation
  • fountain
  • fountainhead
  • mother
  • origin
  • parent
  • provenance
  • provenience
  • root
  • rootstock
  • source
  • spring
  • well

Synonyms for fount

noun a specific size and style of type within a type family

Synonyms

  • font
  • typeface
  • face
  • case

Related Words

  • type
  • type family
  • unicameral script
  • bicameral script
  • constant-width font
  • fixed-width font
  • monospaced font
  • typewriter font
  • proportional font
  • cartridge font
  • font cartridge
  • black letter
  • Gothic
  • bold
  • bold face
  • boldface
  • italic
  • raster font
  • screen font
  • Helvetica
  • sans serif

noun a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water

Synonyms

  • fountain

Related Words

  • plumbing fixture
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