drinking fountain

noun

A device in a public place that provides water to drink.

Similar
water fountainbubbler
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Meanings

noundrinking fountain (plural drinking fountains)

plural drinking fountains

  1. PhilippinesUKUSWesternUpper Midwestern USA device in a public place that provides water to drink.

    Synonyms: water fountain, bubbler

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA device in a public place that provides water to drink.

Similar
water fountainbubbler

More synonyms by meaning

nouna public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water

Similar
water fountainbubbler
Broader
fountain
Also see
bubblerwater fountain

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 飲水機 /饮水机, 飲水臺 /饮水台
  • 飲水機 /饮水机 (yǐnshuǐjī)device that is used to provide water to drink
  • 飲水臺 /饮水台 (yǐnshuǐtái)device that is used to provide water to drink
Dutch drinkfontein
  • drinkfonteindevice that is used to provide water to drink
Esperanto trinkfontano
  • trinkfontanodevice that is used to provide water to drink
Finnish juoma-allas
  • juoma-allasdevice that is used to provide water to drink
French fontaine à boire
  • fontaine à boiredevice that is used to provide water to drink
German Trinkbrunnen
  • Trinkbrunnendevice that is used to provide water to drink
Hebrew ברזייה, בִּרְזִיָּה
  • ברזייהdevice that is used to provide water to drink
  • בִּרְזִיָּה (birziyá)device that is used to provide water to drink
Hungarian ivókút
  • ivókútdevice that is used to provide water to drink
Italian fontanella
  • fontanelladevice that is used to provide water to drink
Japanese 水飲み場
  • 水飲み場 (mizu-nomiba)device that is used to provide water to drink
Korean 음수대
  • 음수대 (eumsudae)device that is used to provide water to drink
Portuguese bebedouro
  • bebedourodevice that is used to provide water to drink
Romanian cișmea
  • cișmeadevice that is used to provide water to drink
Spanish fuente de beber, bebedero
  • fuente de beberdevice that is used to provide water to drink
  • bebederodevice that is used to provide water to drink
Swedish dricksfontän
  • dricksfontändevice that is used to provide water to drink
Turkish su sebili
  • su sebilidevice that is used to provide water to drink
Cite this entry
APA

drinking fountain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking%20fountain

MLA

“drinking fountain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking%20fountain. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drinking fountain,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking%20fountain.

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