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fountain pen

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

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

fountain pen (plural fountain pens)

  1. 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
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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

pluralfountain pens

Words that rhyme with fountain pen

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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

  1. Fountain Inn
  2. fountain lamp
  3. fountain lamps
  4. fountain of youth
  5. fountain palm
  6. fountain pen
  7. fountain pens
  8. fountain shell
  9. fountain shells
  10. Fountain syndrome
  11. Fountain Valley

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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