fountain pen
fountain pen noun: a pen containing a reservoir of ink, which is fed to a writing nib automatically.

Noun
fountain pen (plural fountain pens)
- A pen containing a reservoir of ink, which is fed to a writing nib automatically.
- He loves using fountain pens for school work.
- Beside the wallet and its contents there were three gaily colored silk handkerchiefs fragrant of chypre; a platinum Longines watch on a platinum and red gold chain, attached at the other end to a small pear-shaped pendant of some white metal; a handful of United States, British, French, and Chinese...1930, Dashiell Hammet, “The Levantine”, in The Maltese Falcon, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, pages 57–58
fountain pen meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Assamese
fountain pen in Hindi
- pen containing a reservoir of ink
- फ़ाउंटेन पेन fāuṇṭen pen
fountain pen in Tamil
- மையூற்றுப் பேனா, மையூற்றெழுது கோல்
fountain pen in Bengali
- pen containing a reservoir of ink
- ঝর্ণা কলম jhorna kolom
fountain pen in Assamese
- fountain pen
- চিয়াঁহী কলম siãhi kolom
More languagesFewer languages
- fountain pen in Tagalog
- pontempen
- fountain pen in Arabic
- قَلَم مِدَاد qalam midād, قَلَم حِبْر سَائِل qalam ḥibr sāʔil
- fountain pen in Malay
- pen founten
- fountain pen in Indonesian
- pulpen
- fountain pen in Thai
- ปากกาหมึกซึม bpàak-gaa-mʉ̀k-sʉm
- fountain pen in Vietnamese
- bút máy
Forms of fountain pen
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Words that rhyme with fountain pen
Questions about fountain pen
- What does fountain pen mean?
- Fountain pen means a pen containing a reservoir of ink, which is fed to a writing nib automatically.
- What is fountain pen in Hindi?
- Fountain pen in Hindi is फ़ाउंटेन पेन (fāuṇṭen pen). See Fountain pen meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fountain pen?
- Fountain pen is a noun.
- What is the plural of fountain pen?
- The plural of fountain pen is fountain pens.
Words near fountain pen in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fountain pen (page history and authors); fountain pen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); চিয়াঁহী কলম (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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