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English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�nt|-�nt

Etymology 1
From OE. term|font|lang=ang, from L. term|fons||fountain.

Noun
en-noun

1. A receptacle in a church for holy water - especially one used in baptism
2. A receptacle for oil in a lamp.

Translations
trans-top|a receptacle in church for holy water
Greek: t|el|κολ�μ�ήθ�α|f|trkolympíthra|scGrek
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trans-top|a receptacle for oil in a lamp
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ttbc|Icelandic: fontur m
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Etymology 2
From MF. fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre: to melt.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. (Typesetting) A grouping of consistently-designed glyph|glyphs, having the same size, typeface (e.g., Times New Roman), and style (e.g., bold). (Also more properly referred to as a type font.)
2. A computer file encapsulating such a grouping, usually consisting of an association of glyphs to bytes or Unicode code points, and providing the glyphs as either precomposed bitmaps, or instructions for drawing the glyphs as a set of vectors and Bezier curves, plus additional hints and rendering guidance for different situations.

Translations
trans-top|(typesetting) a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs
Czech: t+|cs|písmo|n
Danish: skrifttype c
Dutch: lettertype n
German: Schriftart f
Finnish: t+|fi|kirjasin, t+|fi|fontti
French: fonte, n
Greek: γ�άμμα�ο�ει�ά (gramatosira) f, γ�αμμα�ο��οι�είο (gramatostikhio) n
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Hebrew: ��פ� (gofan) m
Icelandic: leturgerð f
Lithuanian: Å¡riftas
Russian: t+|ru|��и��|m|tršrift|scCyrl
Vietnamese: phông, phông chữ
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Etymology 3
Apparently from term|fount, with influence from the senses above (under etymology 1).

Noun
en-noun

1. figurative A source, wellspring, fount.

#*1824 � w:George Byron, 6th Baron Byron|George Gordon, Lord Byron, s:Don Juan (Byron)|Don Juan, canto V
#*:A gaudy taste; for they are little skill'd in<br/>The arts of which these lands were once the font
#*1910 � w:Arthur Edward Waite|Arthur Edward Waite, s:The Pictorial Key to the Tarot|The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, part II
#*:As I am not drawing here on the font of imagination to refresh that of fact and experience, I do not suggest that the Tarot set the example of expressing Secret Doctrine in pictures and that it was followed by Hermetic writers; but it is noticeable that it is perhaps the earliest example of this art.
#*1915 � w:Woodrow Wilson|Woodrow Wilson, s:Woodrow Wilson's Third State of the Union Address |Third State of the Union Address
#*:I am interested to fix your attention on this prospect now because unless you take it within your view and permit the full significance of it to command your thought I cannot find the right light in which to set forth the particular matter that lies at the very font of my whole thought as I address you to-day.

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /f��/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /fO~/

Verb form
font

1. (present third-person plural of faire) they do/make

Hungarian

Noun
font

1. pound

Category:Hungarian nouns

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