Fons

See also: fons, föns, Föns, and føns

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɔns/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Fons
  • Rhymes: -ɔns

Etymology 1

Shortening of Alfons.

Proper noun

Fons m

  1. a male given name

Etymology 2

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-.

Proper noun

Fons n

  1. A hamlet in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands.

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