Phrase guide

drinking fountain

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A device in a public place that provides water to drink.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, UK, US, Western

Qualifier: Upper Midwestern US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: water fountain, bubbler

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fountain

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 飲水機 /饮水机 (yǐnshuǐjī) — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飲水臺 /饮水台 (yǐnshuǐtái) — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Dutch: drinkfontein — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Esperanto: trinkfontano — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Finnish: juoma-allas — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • French: fontaine à boire — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • German: Trinkbrunnen — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Gujarati: નળ (naḷ) — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Hebrew: ברזייה — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Hebrew: בִּרְזִיָּה (birziyá) — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Hungarian: ivókút — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Italian: fontanella — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Japanese: 水飲み場 (mizu-nomiba) — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Korean: 음수대 (eumsudae) — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Navajo: tó háálínígi — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Portuguese: bebedouro — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Romanian: cișmea — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Spanish: fuente de beber — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Spanish: bebedero — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Swedish: dricksfontän — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Tibetan: འཐུང་ཡག་འཐོར་ཆུ ('thung yag 'thor chu) — device that is used to provide water to drink
  • Turkish: su sebili — device that is used to provide water to drink