fontaine
See also: Fontaine
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French fontaine, from Old French fontaine, from Late Latin fontāna, from substantivation of the adjective Latin fontānus, from fons.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fontaine f (plural fontaines)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “fontaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French fontaine.
Noun edit
fontaine f (plural fontaines)
Descendants edit
- French: fontaine
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin fontāna, from substantivation of the adjective Latin fontānus, from fōns.
Noun edit
fontaine oblique singular, f (oblique plural fontaines, nominative singular fontaine, nominative plural fontaines)