See also: fantana and fãntãnã

Romanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Late Latin fontāna, from a substantivation of the adjective Latin fontānus, from fons. Possibly developed phonologically in Romanian via assimilation from an earlier form *funtână. Compare Aromanian fãntãnã, and cf. also Sardinian fantana.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fɨnˈtɨ.nə/
  • Hyphenation: fân‧tầ‧nă
  • (file)

Noun edit

fântână f (plural fântâni)

  1. well (for water)
  2. (archaic) spring, source
    Synonym: izvor

Declension edit

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See also edit

  • puț (both for water and oil, gas, etc)

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