Meanings
nounfountain pen (plural fountain pens)
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.
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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 coins; a ring holding half a dozen keys; a silver and onyx fountain-pen; a metal comb in a leatherette case; a nail-file in a leatherette case; […]
1930, Dashiell Hammet, “The Levantine”, in The Maltese Falcon, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, pages 57–58
Translations
Arabic قَلَم مِدَاد, قَلَم حِبْر سَائِل
- قَلَم مِدَاد (qalam midād)pen containing a reservoir of ink
- قَلَم حِبْر سَائِل (qalam ḥibr sāʔil)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Basque idazluma, estilografiko
- idazlumapen containing a reservoir of ink
- estilografikopen containing a reservoir of ink
Bengali ঝর্ণা কলম
- ঝর্ণা কলম (jhorna kolom)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Bulgarian автомати́чна писа́лка
- автомати́чна писа́лка (avtomatíčna pisálka)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Catalan ploma estilogràfica
- ploma estilogràficapen containing a reservoir of ink
Chinese Cantonese 鋼筆 /钢笔, 墨水筆 /墨水笔
- 鋼筆 /钢笔 (gong³ bat¹)pen containing a reservoir of ink
- 墨水筆 /墨水笔 (mak⁶ seoi² bat¹)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Chinese Mandarin 鋼筆 /钢笔, 墨水筆 /墨水笔
- 鋼筆 /钢笔 (gāngbǐ)pen containing a reservoir of ink
- 墨水筆 /墨水笔 (mòshuǐbǐ)pen containing a reservoir of ink
- 萬年筆 /万年笔 (wànniánbǐ)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Czech plnící pero
- plnící peropen containing a reservoir of ink
Danish fyldepen
- fyldepenpen containing a reservoir of ink
Dutch vulpen
- vulpenpen containing a reservoir of ink
Esperanto fontoplumo
- fontoplumopen containing a reservoir of ink
Estonian sulepea
- sulepeapen containing a reservoir of ink
Finnish täytekynä
- täytekynäpen containing a reservoir of ink
French stylo-plume, stylo à plume
- stylo-plumepen containing a reservoir of ink
- stylo à plumepen containing a reservoir of ink
German Füllfederhalter, Füller
- Füllfederhalterpen containing a reservoir of ink
- Füllerpen containing a reservoir of ink
Greek πένα
- πένα (péna)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Hebrew עֵט נוֹבֵעַ
- עֵט נוֹבֵעַ (et nové'a)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Hindi फ़ाउंटेन पेन
- फ़ाउंटेन पेन (fāuṇṭen pen)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Hungarian töltőtoll
- töltőtollpen containing a reservoir of ink
Icelandic blekpenni
- blekpennipen containing a reservoir of ink
Indonesian pulpen
- pulpenpen containing a reservoir of ink
Irish peann tobair
- peann tobairpen containing a reservoir of ink
Italian penna stilografica
- penna stilograficapen containing a reservoir of ink
Japanese 万年筆
- 万年筆 (mannenhitsu)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Korean 만년필
- 만년필 (mannyeonpil)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Latvian tintes pildspalva
- tintes pildspalvapen containing a reservoir of ink
Lithuanian automatinis plunksnakotis
- automatinis plunksnakotispen containing a reservoir of ink
Malay pen founten
- pen fountenpen containing a reservoir of ink
Norwegian Bokmål fyllepenn
- fyllepennpen containing a reservoir of ink
Polish wieczne pióro, pióro
- wieczne pióropen containing a reservoir of ink
- pióropen containing a reservoir of ink
Portuguese caneta de tinta permanente, caneta-tinteiro
- caneta de tinta permanentepen containing a reservoir of ink
- caneta-tinteiropen containing a reservoir of ink
Romanian stilou
- stiloupen containing a reservoir of ink
Russian автору́чка, ве́чное перо́
- автору́чка (avtorúčka)pen containing a reservoir of ink
- ве́чное перо́ (véčnoje peró)pen containing a reservoir of ink
- перьева́я ру́чка (perʹjevája rúčka)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Slovak nalivno pero
- nalivno peropen containing a reservoir of ink
Spanish estilógrafo, pluma estilográfica
- estilógrafopen containing a reservoir of ink
- pluma estilográficapen containing a reservoir of ink
- plumapen containing a reservoir of ink
Swedish reservoarpenna
- reservoarpennapen containing a reservoir of ink
Tagalog pontempen
- pontempenpen containing a reservoir of ink
Thai ปากกาหมึกซึม
- ปากกาหมึกซึม (bpàak-gaa-mʉ̀k-sʉm)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Turkish dolma kalem, stilo
- dolma kalempen containing a reservoir of ink
- stilopen containing a reservoir of ink
Ukrainian автору́чка, перо́ва ру́чка
- автору́чка (avtorúčka)pen containing a reservoir of ink
- перо́ва ру́чка (peróva rúčka)pen containing a reservoir of ink
- ві́чне перо́ (víčne peró)pen containing a reservoir of ink
Vietnamese bút máy
- bút máypen containing a reservoir of ink
Welsh pin llenwi
- pin llenwipen containing a reservoir of ink
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
fountain pen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fountain%20pen
MLA
“fountain pen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fountain%20pen. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fountain pen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fountain%20pen.
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