# fonte
## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* fuente (Southern-Central Asturias)
* fuonte (North-Western Asturias)
* ḥuente (Mining Basins, Eastern Asturias)
* ḥuonte (Cabrales)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese fonte, from latin Latin fons.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfonte/ [ˈfõn̪.t̪e]

### Noun

fonte f (plural fontes)
* fountain
* spring (of water)
    Synonym: manancial
* source

#### Derived terms

* Cefontes
* Fombona
* Foncalada
* Fonfría
* fontaneru
* fontanina
* fontanona
* fontanosu
* fontica
* fontán
* mexafontes

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔ̃t/
* Rhymes: -ɔ̃t

### Etymology 1

Probably from fondre.

#### Noun

fonte f (plural fontes)
* melting, smelting, thawing
* cast iron
* (typography) font

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian fonda (“purse”), from Latin funda (“leather pocket, sling”).

#### Noun

fonte f (plural fontes)
* holster (on saddle)

### Further reading

* “fonte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fonte f, from Latin fontem m (“spring; fountain”). Cognate with Portuguese fonte f and Spanish fuente f.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfontɪ]

### Noun

fonte f (plural fontes)
* spring (of water)
    Synonym: manancial
* fountain
    Synonym: chafariz
* source, fount (origin)
    Synonym: orixe
* platter (tray for serving food)
    Synonym: travesa

#### Related terms

* A Fonsagrada
* Fomiñá
* Fonsagrada
* Fontaíña
* Fonte Maior
* Fonte Pernal
* Fontearcada
* Fonteboa
* Fontechousa
* Fontecova
* Fontefría
* Fonteita
* fontela
* Fontela
* fontelo
* Fontelo
* Fontemaior
* Fontenla
* Fontenlo
* Fontenova
* Fontes
* Fonteseca
* Fontevella
* Fontiña
* Fontiñas
* Fontoira
* Fontoura

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fonte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fonte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fonte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fonte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fonte”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Interlingua
### Noun

fonte (plural fontes)
* source, font

## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin fontem m, of Proto-Indo-European origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfon.te/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -onte
* Hyphenation: fón‧te

### Noun

fonte f (plural fonti)
* source, spring (where a body of water emerges)
    Poco oltre, a una cinquantina di chilometri dalla fonte, il fiume termina la sua corsa gettandosi nelle acque del Reno.A little further on, about fifty kilometres from its source, the river ends its course, as it flows into the Reno.
* source or fount (supplier)
    E una buona fonte di vitamina E e Zinco.It's a good source of vitamin E and zinc.
    Questa sostanza avvelena regolarmente le persone che vivono nelle zone svantaggiate e che non hanno accesso ad una fonte d'acqua potabile.This substance regularly poisons people who live in impoverished areas who don't have access to a source of potable water.

### Noun

fonte m (plural fonti)
* font (baptismal)

#### Related terms

* fonte energetica / fonte d'energia
* fontana

### Further reading

* fonte in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfon.te/, [ˈfɔn̪t̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfon.te/, [ˈfɔn̪t̪e]

### Noun

fonte
* ablative singular of fōns

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* fõte, ffonte

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin fontem m.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfonte/
* Rhymes: -onte
* Hyphenation: fon‧te

### Noun

fonte f (plural fontes)
* spring (water source)
    Synonym: fontana
* (figurative) source; origin
** 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 319 (facsimile):Sobꝛ eſta mia filla / moſtra ta uertude / que a ta Mercee / Santa ẏ aiude / fonte de bondades / tu lle da Saude / ca mui ben podes / dar uirgen fremoſa.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* a montes e a fontes
* Fontes

#### Descendants

* Fala: fonti f
* Galician: fonte f
* Portuguese: fonte f

### References

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “fonte”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fonte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fonte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old Leonese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin fons.

### Noun

fonte m
* fountain, spring
** 1294 "Cuatro documentos asturianos del siglo xiii" by María Josefa Sanz Fuentes):
    con montes, fontes, prados, pascos, felgueras, molneras,with hills, fountains, fields, pastures, ferns, mills,
** 1285, Carta de Venta:todos sos derechos e petenençias, corrales, lavorias, techos, fontes, montes, felgueras, molneras, roças, devisas, lavrado e por lavrar, dondo e bravo, dientro e forawith all of their rights and competences, barnyards, tillages, roofs, fountains, forests, ferns, mills, shrubs, camps, tilled and to be tilled, soft and hard, inside and out

#### Descendants

* Asturian: fonte, fuente, fuonte
* Leonese: fonte, fuente
* Mirandese: fuonte

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfõ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfõ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfõ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfõ.tɨ/
* Hyphenation: fon‧te

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fonte f, from Latin fontem m (“spring; fountain”), of Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare Galician fonte f and Spanish fuente f.

#### Noun

fonte f (plural fontes)
* spring (water source)
    Synonyms: nascente, vertedouro
* fountain
    Synonyms: bica, chafariz
* (figurative) source (that from which something comes or is acquired)
    Synonyms: origem, princípio, causa
* (anatomy) temple of the head
    Synonym: têmpora

##### Derived terms

* código fonte

##### Related terms

* fontícula

### Etymology 2

From Latin fundō (“to smelt”).

#### Noun

fonte f (plural fontes)
* (typography) font

### Further reading

* “fonte” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “fonte”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025