font

noun

/fɒnt/

/fɑːnt/

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a large stone bowl in a church that holds water for the ceremony of baptism
- the baptismal font
Topics Religion and festivalsc2
(specialist) the particular size and style of a set of letters that are used in printing, etc.

Word Originsense 1 late Old English: from Latin fons, font- ‘spring, fountain’, occurring in the ecclesiastical Latin phrase fons or fontes baptismi ‘baptismal water(s)’. sense 2 late 16th cent. (denoting the action or process of casting or founding): from French fonte, from fondre ‘to melt’.

单词	font
释义	font noun /fɒnt/ /fɑːnt/ jump to other results a large stone bowl in a church that holds water for the ceremony of baptism the baptismal font Topics Religion and festivalsc2 (specialist) the particular size and style of a set of letters that are used in printing, etc. Word Originsense 1 late Old English: from Latin fons, font- ‘spring, fountain’, occurring in the ecclesiastical Latin phrase fons or fontes baptismi ‘baptismal water(s)’. sense 2 late 16th cent. (denoting the action or process of casting or founding): from French fonte, from fondre ‘to melt’.
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