Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - fountain
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Fountain
fountain
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French funtaine, fontaine, from Late Latin fontana, from Latin, feminine of fontanus of a spring, from font-, fons Date: 14th century 1. the source from which something proceeds or is supplied 2. a spring of water issuing from the earth 3. an artificially produced jet of water; also the structure from which it rises 4. a reservoir containing a liquid that can be drawn off as needed 5. soda ~ 2 II. verb Date: 1903 intransitive verb to flow or spout like a ~ transitive verb to cause to flow like a ~
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n. 1 a a jet or jets of water made to spout for ornamental purposes or for drinking. b a structure provided for this. 2 a structure for the constant public supply of drinking-water. 3 a natural spring of water. 4 a source (in physical or abstract senses). 5 = soda-fountain. 6 a reservoir for oil, ink, etc. Phrases and idioms fountain-head an original source. fountain-pen a pen with a reservoir or cartridge holding ink. Derivatives fountained adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: ME f. OF fontaine f. LL fontana fem. of L fontanus (adj.) f. fons fontis a spring ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1) центровой литник (при сифонной разливке) 2) метал. фонтан; колодец - ink fountain - steep fountain - water fountain ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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фонтан; фонтанчик (питьевой) air fountain architectural fountain drinking fountain wash fountain ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
4.
1) водобой 2) водобойный 3) фонтан 4) фонтанный 5) фонтанчик 6) центровая 7) центровой литник - drinking fountain - ink fountain ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. фонтанчик для питья Устанавливается в общественных местах, парках и т. д. Тж. drinking fountain 2. сатуратор Прибор для приготовления прохладительных газированных напитков 3. уст буфетная стойка Для продажи прохладительных напитков, мороженого и т. п. Тж. soda fountain ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. фонтан to put up (to build) a fountain —- соорудить фонтан the fountain is playing —- фонтан бьет 2. уст. исток реки 3. уст. ключ, источник F. of Youth —- источник молодости 4. уст. источник, основа fountain of trust —- основа доверия 5. питьевой фонтанчик 6. резервуар (керосиновой лампы, авторучки и т. п.) 7. стойка или киоск с газированной водой, мороженым, бутербродами и т. п. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) ключ, источник; исток реки 2) фонтан 3) резервуар (керосиновой лампы, авторучки) FOUNTAIN pen авторучка ...Англо-русский словарь
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(fountains) 1. A fountain is an ornamental feature in a pool or lake which consists of a long narrow stream of water that is forced up into the air by a pump. N-COUNT 2. A fountain of a liquid is an amount of it which is sent up into the air and falls back. (LITERARY) The volcano spewed a fountain of molten rock 650 feet in the air. = jet N-COUNT: usu N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a structure from which water is sent up into the air, which is often in a small pool 2 a flow of liquid, or of something bright and colourful that goes straight up into the air + of (A fountain of sparks shot high into the night sky.) (- see also drinking fountain, soda fountain) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1410, from O.Fr. fontaine "natural spring," from L.L. fontana "fountain, spring," from L. fem. of fontanus "of a spring," from fons (gen. fontis) "spring (of water)." The extended sense of "artificial jet of water" (and the structures that make them) is first recorded 1509. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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