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fountainhead

foun·tain·head
F f

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [foun-tn-hed]
    • /ˈfaʊn tnˌhɛd/
    • /ˈfaʊntɪnˈhɛd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [foun-tn-hed]
    • /ˈfaʊn tnˌhɛd/

Definitions of fountainhead word

  • noun fountainhead a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream. 1
  • noun fountainhead a chief source of anything: a fountainhead of information. 1
  • noun fountainhead A spring that is the source of a river. 1
  • noun fountainhead source of a stream 1
  • noun fountainhead plentiful source 1
  • noun fountainhead a spring that is the source of a stream 0

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Origin of fountainhead

First appearance:

before 1575
One of the 34% oldest English words
First recorded in 1575-85; fountain + head

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Parts of speech for Fountainhead

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

fountainhead popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

fountainhead usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for fountainhead

noun fountainhead

  • originator — to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages.
  • administrator — An administrator is a person whose job involves helping to organize and supervise the way that an organization or institution functions.
  • generator — a machine that converts one form of energy into another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator.
  • author — The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
  • spring — String PRocessING language

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