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Meaning of fons | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈfõːs]

Definitions

  1. water issuing from the ground, a spring
    declension-3
  2. the water or waters of a river, sea etc.
    declension-3, plural-normally, poetic
  3. a well, fountain or font (a large container where water pools)
    declension-3, metonymically
  4. the baptismal font (a pool or basin of water used for baptism)
    declension-3, metonymically
  5. the origin or source of a river (also figuratively)
    broadly, declension-3
  6. the foundation, basic principle, cause
    broadly, declension-3

Equivalents

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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