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A legendary spring of water with the magical property of restoring youth and health to those who bathe or drink from it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Just watching the advertisement, you'd think the face cream was a fountain of youth.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Ponce de Leon discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring
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Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
nuoruuden lähde
— legendary spring of water that restores youth
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French:
fontaine de jouvence
— legendary spring of water that restores youth
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German:
Jungbrunnen
— legendary spring of water that restores youth
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Italian:
fonte della giovinezza
— legendary spring of water that restores youth
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Polish:
fontanna młodości
— legendary spring of water that restores youth
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Portuguese:
Fonte da Juventude
— legendary spring of water that restores youth
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Swedish:
ungdomens källa
— legendary spring of water that restores youth
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Turkish:
gençlik çeşmesi
— legendary spring of water that restores youth
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Turkish:
bengi su
— legendary spring of water that restores youth
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Turkish:
abıhayat
— legendary spring of water that restores youth
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Turkish:
dirim suyu
— legendary spring of water that restores youth
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Uyghur:
ئابىھايات
(abihayat)
— legendary spring of water that restores youth
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Dutch:
fontein van de jeugd
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Dutch:
fontein der jeugd
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Finnish:
nuoruudenlähde
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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French:
fontaine de jouvence
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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German:
Jungbrunnen
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Greek:
πηγή της νιότης
(pigí tis niótis)
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Italian:
fonte della giovinezza
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Japanese:
若返りの泉
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Norwegian:
ungdomskilde
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Polish:
fontanna młodości
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Portuguese:
fonte da juventude
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Russian:
исто́чник мо́лодости
(istóčnik mólodosti)
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Spanish:
fuente de la juventud
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Swedish:
ungdomens källa
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Swedish:
ungdomskälla
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Turkish:
gençlik çeşmesi
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Turkish:
bengi su
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Turkish:
abıhayat
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
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Turkish:
dirim suyu
— anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality
