Bellefontaine

See also: Belle Fontaine

English

Alternative forms

• Belle Fontaine

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bellefontaine (literally “beautiful fountain”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛl.fɒnˈtɛn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɛlˈfaʊntən/, /ˈbɛlfaʊntən/

Proper noun

Bellefontaine

2. A village and commune of Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
4. A village and commune of Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
6. A village and commune of Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France.
8. A village and former commune of Manche department, Normandy, France, merged in 2017 into the new commune Juvigny les Vallées.
10. A village and commune of Martinique department, France.
12. A city, the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States.
13. An unincorporated community in Webster County, Mississippi, United States.
14. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States.

Translations

a French commune

• Antillean Creole: Belfontenn f, Belfontèn f
• French: Bellefontaine (fr) f
• Japanese: ベルフォンテーヌ (berufontēnu), ベルフォンテーン (berufontēn)

city in Ohio

• French: Bellefontaine (fr) f
• Japanese: ベルフォンテーン (Berufontēn)

Further reading

• Bellefontaine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From belle (“beautiful”) +‎ fontaine (“fountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl.fɔ̃.tɛn/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bellefontaine f

1. Bellefontaine (a village and commune of Vosges department, Grand Est, France)
2. Bellefontaine (a village and commune of Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
3. Bellefontaine (a village and commune of Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France)
4. Bellefontaine (a village and former commune of Manche department, Normandy, France, merged in 2017 into the new commune Juvigny les Vallées)
5. Bellefontaine (a village and commune of Martinique department, France)
6. Bellefontaine (a city, the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States)

Descendants

• English: Bellefontaine

Further reading

• Bellefontaine on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr