Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian fontana, from Late Latin fontāna. The latter is also the ultimate source of English fountain.

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  • IPA(key): [fonˈtan]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation(key): фон‧тан

Noun

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фонта́н (fontánm

  1. fountain (artificial water feature)
    Synonyms: шадрава́н (šadraván), водоско́к (vodoskók)

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  • фонтан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • фонтан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fɐnˈtan]
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фонта́н (fontánm inan (genitive фонта́на, nominative plural фонта́ны, genitive plural фонта́нов, diminutive фонта́нчик)

  1. fountain

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  • Uzbek: fontan

Ukrainian

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фонта́н (fontánm inan (genitive фонта́на, nominative plural фонта́ни, genitive plural фонта́нів)

  1. fountain (artificial, usually ornamental, water feature)

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