Phrase guide

fountain pen

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A pen containing a reservoir of ink, which is fed to a writing nib automatically.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He loves using fountain pens for school work.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: cartridge pen, stylograph, stylographic pen

2

noun

Meaning 2

a pen that is supplied with ink from a reservoir in its barrel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pen

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: stilograf — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Arabic: قَلَم مِدَاد (qalam midād) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Arabic: قَلَم حِبْر سَائِل (qalam ḥibr sāʔil) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Armenian: ինքնահոս գրիչ (inkʻnahos gričʻ) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Azerbaijani: ruçka — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Azerbaijani: avtomat qələm — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Azerbaijani: avtoqələm — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Basque: idazluma — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Basque: estilografiko — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Belarusian: аўтару́чка (awtarúčka) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Belarusian: ве́чнае пяро́ (vjéčnaje pjaró) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Belarusian: пёравая ру́чка (pjóravaja rúčka) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Bengali: ঝর্ণা কলম (jhorna kolom) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Bulgarian: автомати́чна писа́лка (avtomatíčna pisálka) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Catalan: ploma estilogràfica — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鋼筆 /钢笔 (gong3 bat1) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Chinese Cantonese: 墨水筆 /墨水笔 (mak6 seoi2 bat1) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Chinese: 鋼筆 /钢笔 (zh-min-nan) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Chinese: 萬年筆 /万年笔 (zh-min-nan) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鋼筆 /钢笔 (gāngbǐ) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 墨水筆 /墨水笔 (mòshuǐbǐ) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 萬年筆 /万年笔 (wànniánbǐ) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Crimean Tatar: avtoqalem — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Czech: plnící pero — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Danish: fyldepen — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Dutch: vulpen — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Esperanto: fontoplumo — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Estonian: sulepea — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Finnish: täytekynä — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • French: stylo-plume — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • French: stylo à plume — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Georgian: ავტოკალამი (avṭoḳalami) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • German: Füllfederhalter — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • German: Füller — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Greek: πένα (péna) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Hebrew: עֵט נוֹבֵעַ (et nové'a) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Hindi: फ़ाउंटेन पेन (fāuṇṭen pen) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Hungarian: töltőtoll — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Icelandic: blekpenni — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Ido: fontenoplumo — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Indonesian: pulpen — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Irish: peann tobair — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Italian: penna stilografica — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Japanese: 万年筆 (mannenhitsu) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Kazakh: автоқалам (avtoqalam) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Kazakh: құс қалам (qūs qalam) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Khmer: ស្ទីឡូ (stiilou) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Khmer: លេខនី (leikhaʼnii) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Khmer: ស្លាបប៉ាកកា (slaap paakkaa) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Khmer: ស្លាបប៉ាកកាបូម (slaap paakkaa boum) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Korean: 만년필 (mannyeonpil) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Kyrgyz: авторучка (avtorucka) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Lao: ສໍປາກກາ (sǭ pāk kā) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Latvian: tintes pildspalva — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Lithuanian: automatinis plunksnakotis — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Luxembourgish: Füllfieder — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Macedonian: на́ливперо (nálivpero) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Malay: pen founten — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Mongolian: бэхтэй үзэг (bextej üzeg) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Mongolian: авто үзэг (avto üzeg) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Mongolian: сордог үзэг (sordog üzeg) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fyllepenn — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fyllepenn — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Iranian Persian: خودْنِویس (xodnevis) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Polish: wieczne pióro — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Polish: pióro — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Portuguese: caneta de tinta permanente — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Portuguese: caneta-tinteiro — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Quechua: qillqana phuru — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Romanian: stilou — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Russian: автору́чка (avtorúčka) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Russian: ве́чное перо́ (véčnoje peró) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Russian: перьева́я ру́чка (perʹjevája rúčka) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Serbo-Croatian: на́ливперо — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Serbo-Croatian: пенка́ла — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Serbo-Croatian: nálivpero — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Serbo-Croatian: penkála — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Sikkimese: ལྕགས་སྨྱུག (lcags smyug) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Slovak: nalivno pero — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Slovene: nalivno pero — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Spanish: estilógrafo — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Spanish: pluma estilográfica — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Spanish: pluma — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Swedish: reservoarpenna — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Tagalog: pontempen — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Tajik: авторучка (avtoručka) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Tajik: қалами худнавис (qalam-i xudnavis) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Tajik: худнавис (xudnavis) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Thai: ปากกาหมึกซึม (bpàak-gaa-mʉ̀k-sʉm) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Turkish: dolma kalem — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Turkish: stilo — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Ukrainian: автору́чка (avtorúčka) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Ukrainian: перо́ва ру́чка (peróva rúčka) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Ukrainian: ві́чне перо́ (víčne peró) — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Uzbek: avtoruchka — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Uzbek: favvora qalam — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Vietnamese: bút máy — pen containing a reservoir of ink
  • Welsh: pin llenwi — pen containing a reservoir of ink