fonte

• fuente

From Latin fōns, fōntem

fonte f (plural fontes)

1. fountain, spring
2. source

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃t/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃t

Probably from fondre.

fonte f (plural fontes)

1. melting, smelting, thawing
2. cast iron
3. (typography) font

Borrowed from Italian fonda (“purse”), from Latin funda (“leather pocket, sling”).

fonte f (plural fontes)

1. holster (on saddle)

• “fonte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fonte, from Latin fōntem, singular accusative of fōns (“spring; fountain”). Cognate with Portuguese fonte and Spanish fuente.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔnte̝/

fonte f (plural fontes)

1. spring (of water)

   Synonym: manancial

2. fountain

   Synonym: chafariz

3. source, fount (origin)

   Synonym: orixe

4. platter (tray for serving food)

   Synonym: travesa

• “fonte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “fonte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “fonte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “fonte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fonte” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

fonte (plural fontes)

1. source, font

From Latin fōntem, accusative of fōns, of Proto-Indo-European origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfon.te/

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fonte f (plural fonti)

1. spring (of water)
2. source or fount

fonte m (plural fonti)

1. font (baptismal)

• fonte energetica / fonte d'energia
• fontana

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfon.te/, [ˈfɔn.tɛ]

fonte

1. ablative singular of fōns

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfõ.t͡ʃi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfõ.te/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfõ.tɨ/

From Old Portuguese fonte, from Latin fōntem, singular accusative of fōns (“spring; fountain”), of Proto-Indo-European origin.

fonte f (plural fontes)

1. spring (water source)
2. fountain
3. source (that from which something comes or is acquired)
4. (anatomy) temple of the head

• (spring): nascente, vertedouro
• (fountain): chafariz, bica
• (source): origem, causa, princípio
• (temple): têmpora

• (temple): cabeça

• código fonte

• fontícula

From Latin fundō (“I smelt”).

fonte f (plural fontes)

1. (typography) font