Fons

• IPA^(key): /fɔns/

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• Hyphenation: Fons
• Rhymes: -ɔns

Clipping of Alfons.

Fons m

1. a diminutive of the male given name Alfons

First attested as foeldinze in 1386. Borrowed from West Frisian Fûns, derived in turn from Old Frisian Foldo (a personal name) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-.

Fons n

1. a hamlet in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Borrowed from Occitan Fònts. Fons outre Gardon attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃s/
• Homophones: fonce, fonces, foncent

Fons m

1. Fons (a village in Gard department, Occitania, France)

   Synonym: Fons-outre-Gardon

• → English: Fons

• Géoportail, Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière, 2019