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fount¹

  • /faʊnt/ UK
  • /fɒnt/ UK
  • /faʊnt/ US
  • /fɑnt/ US

Rhymes with -aʊnt, -ɒnt

Where it comes from

Clipping of fountain, on the pattern of the pair mount, mountain.

noun founts

  1. archaic, poetic Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring. VVhy ſhould the vvorme intrude the maiden bud? / Or hatefull Kuckcovves [cuckoos] hatch in Sparrovvs neſts? / Or Todes infect faire founts vvith venome mud? / […] / But no perfection is ſo abſolute, / That ſome impuritie doth not pollute.

    Similar: font, fountain

  2. archaic, broadly A device from which poultry may drink; a waterer. A. H. Hews & Co., North Cambridge, Mass. Manufacturers of Poultry Water Founts. Capacities one quart, two quarts, three quarts, and four quarts. For sale, wholesale and retail.
  3. figuratively That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source. He is a real fount of knowledge!

fount²

  • /fɒnt/ UK
  • /faʊnt/ UK
  • /fɑnt/ US
  • /faʊnt/ US

Rhymes with -ɒnt, -aʊnt

Where it comes from

A variant of font, influenced by fount (etymology 1) being a synonym of font (“natural source of water, spring”).

noun founts

  1. UK, archaic Archaic spelling of font Of each Body he provides a Fount ſuitable to ſuch ſorts of VVork as he deſigns to do; But he provides not an equal vvieght^([sic – meaning weight]) of every Fount; Becauſe all theſe Bodies are not in equal uſe: For the Long-Primmer, Pica and Engliſh are the Bodies that are generally moſt uſed; And t

fount³

Where it comes from

Variant of found.

verb

  1. Southern, US, alternative Alternative form of found (past tense of find)

Translations

Every language

noun synonym of fountain (cognates) — see also spring

Españolfuente
Françaisfont, fontaine
Italianofonte

noun that from which something proceeds (cognates) — see also origin, source

Españolfuente
Portuguêsfonte
Italianofonte

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@misc{fount_2026,
  title = {fount},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fount},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}