Fountainhead — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an abundant source

the source of water from which a stream arises

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈaʊntɪnhˌɛd/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈaʊntɪnhˌɛd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈaʊntɪnhˌɛd/

3 syllables Say it as /fˈaʊntɪnhˌɛd/.

Examples

she was a well of information
they tracked him back toward the head of the stream

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

head wellspring headspring well

Parts of Speech

noun	an abundant source “she was a well of information”
noun	the source of water from which a stream arises “they tracked him back toward the head of the stream”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Urquell

eine reichhaltige Quelle

🇫🇷French

source

une source abondante

🇪🇸Spanish

fuente de la cabeza

una fuente abundante

🇮🇹Italian

sorgente

una fonte abbondante

🇳🇱Dutch

bron

een overvloedige bron

🇵🇹Portuguese

nascente

uma fonte abundante

🇷🇺Russian

источник

богатый источник

India

🇮🇳Hindi

झरने के स्रोतों

एक प्रचुर स्रोत

🇧🇩Bengali

ফোয়ারা

একটি প্রচুর উত্স

🇮🇳Tamil

நீரூற்று

ஏராளமான ஆதாரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఫౌంటెన్ హెడ్

సమృద్ధిగా మూలం

🇮🇳Marathi

कारंजे

एक मुबलक स्रोत

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફુવારો

એક વિપુલ સ્ત્રોત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಾರಂಜಿ

ಹೇರಳವಾದ ಮೂಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജലധാര

സമൃദ്ധമായ ഉറവിടം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫੁਹਾਰਾ

ਇੱਕ ਭਰਪੂਰ ਸਰੋਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

فاؤنٹین ہیڈ

ایک پرچر ذریعہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

源泉

丰富的来源

🇯🇵Japanese

泉源

豊富なソース

🇰🇷Korean

수원

풍부한 소스

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đầu nguồn

một nguồn dồi dào

🇹🇭Thai

แหล่ง

แหล่งอันอุดมสมบูรณ์

🇮🇩Indonesian

sumber asli

sumber yang melimpah

🇲🇾Malay

mata air

sumber yang banyak

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المنبع

مصدر وفير

🇮🇷Persian

سر چشمه

یک منبع فراوان

🇹🇷Turkish

kaynak

bol bir kaynak

🇮🇱Hebrew

ראש המזרקה

מקור שופע

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The primary meaning of 'fountainhead' is 'an abundant source'.

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Using 'fountainhead' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'fountainhead' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'fountainhead' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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