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I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second.
Colm Toibin

Meaning of "fountain pen" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOUNTAIN PEN

fountain pen play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOUNTAIN PEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fountain pen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOUNTAIN PEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fountain pen

Fountain pen

A fountain pen is a nib pen that, unlike its predecessor the dip pen, contains an internal reservoir of water-based liquid ink. The pen draws ink from the reservoir through a feed to the nib and deposits it on paper via a combination of gravity and capillary action. Filling the reservoir with ink may be achieved manually, or via an internal filling mechanism which creates suction to transfer ink directly through the nib into the reservoir. Some pens employ removable reservoirs in the form of pre-filled ink cartridges. A fountain pen needs little or no pressure to write. These Parker Duofolds from the 1920s used the Lucky Curve feed system and self-filled using a "button filler". They were quite long; nearly 7 inches long when posted.

Definition of fountain pen in the English dictionary

The definition of fountain pen in the dictionary is a pen the nib of which is supplied with ink from a cartridge or a reservoir in its barrel.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOUNTAIN PEN

founder
founder member
founder´s type
founderous
founders´ shares
founding
founding father
Founding Fathers
foundling
foundress
foundries
foundry
foundry proof
foundry sand
fount
fountain
fountained
fountainhead
Fountains Abbey
fountful

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOUNTAIN PEN

ball pen
ballpoint pen
cartridge pen
catching pen
data pen
digital pen
drawing pen
felt pen
felt-tip pen
fiber-tip pen
fibre-tip pen
light pen
mapping pen
marker pen
medium-fine pen
quill pen
sea pen
submarine pen
the pen

Synonyms and antonyms of fountain pen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fountain pen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOUNTAIN PEN

Find out the translation of fountain pen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fountain pen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fountain pen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

钢笔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pluma estilográfica
570 millions of speakers

English

fountain pen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फाउंटेन पेन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قَلَمُ حِبْر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

авторучка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caneta-tinteiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝর্ণা কলম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stylo plume
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pen pancang air
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Füller
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

万年筆
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

만년필
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pen fountain
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bút máy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீரூற்று பேனா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फौन्टन पेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dolma kalem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

penna stilografica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pióro wieczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

авторучка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stilou
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πένα μελάνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vulpen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

reservoarpenna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fyllepenn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fountain pen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOUNTAIN PEN»

The term «fountain pen» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.294 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOUNTAIN PEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fountain pen» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fountain pen» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fountain pen

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9 QUOTES WITH «FOUNTAIN PEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fountain pen.
1
Paul Auster
I've always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil - especially for corrections.
2
Mark Barrowcliffe
When Reg died and we first looked into getting a new dog, I was adamant we should pick up a mongrel from an animal-rescue shelter. It's not only that they're usually healthier and have better temperaments, they also fit with my world view - I prefer a ballpoint to a fountain pen, a barber to a hair stylist, and camping over glamping.
3
Shelby Foote
I don't want anything to do with anything mechanical between me and the paper, including a typewriter, and I don't even want a fountain pen between me and the paper.
4
C. S. Forester
The material came bubbling up inside like a geyser or an oil gusher. It streamed up of its own accord, down my arm and out of my fountain pen in a torrent of six thousand words a day.
5
Graham Greene
My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.
6
Tony Kushner
I write everything with fountain pens. I don't know why. I've done it since I was bar mitzvahed. I was given a fountain pen, a Parker fountain pen, and I loved it, and I've never liked writing anything with pencils or ball-points.
7
Joanna Lumley
There was one 'crime' during the whole time I was at school, when a fountain pen went missing. Stealing just didn't happen. I was taught not to shoplift, not to steal, not to behave badly. We weren't even allowed to drop litter.
8
Colm Toibin
I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second.
9
Immanuel Velikovsky
It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion provoked by and given to my research. We lived almost in poverty. I used pencils, two for a nickel, and could not buy a fountain pen, when I lost mine.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOUNTAIN PEN»

Discover the use of fountain pen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fountain pen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Fountain Pen Conspiracy
A Wall Street Journal reporter describes the fraudulent practices of a ring that has tampered with major securities in the United States and abroad during the last few years
Jonathan Kwitny, 1973
2
The Fountain Pen
When an inherited fountain pen from the 1940s is filled with ink and used again, it reveals some startling moments of its previous owner's life under the German occupation in WWII in The Netherlands. A short story.
E. Lynn Hooghiemstra, 2012
3
Today I Am a Fountain Pen
THE STORY: Talented and precocious, Irving Yanover, at the tender age of 10, is both a piano prodigy and, at times, a thorn in the side of his orthodox parents, who lament his unaccountable predilection for bacon.
Morley Torgov, 1996
4
Fountain Pens of the World
The development of design and logos is illustrated by specially produced line drawing and the text is complemented by many period advertisements.
Andreas Lambrou, 2012
5
The Chronicle of the Fountain Pen: Stories Within a Story
This guide shows more than 3000 fountain pens, in 606 full color photographs, with competing models side-by-side to reveal their similarities and differences.
João Pavão Martins, Luiz Leite, António Gagean, 2007
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The saga of Shakespeare Pintlewood and the great silver ...
A literary ant becomes a famous writer of children's stories but gives it all up to travel through the world telling stories directly to children.
James H. Lehman, 1990
7
Communication
The computer. All wonderful inventions that have changed the lives of people everywhere. The "Old Reliable.' I have been using Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen I For some years in stenographic court reporting I and am greatly attached to it.
Walter A. Hazen, 1999
8
Popular Science
By Richard Match FROM Murmansk to Timbuktu the American fountain pen, streamlined, durable and leakproof, is a symbol of U.S. technological excellence. After World War II our trim Parkers, Sheaffers, Watermans, Eversharps brought $400 ...
9
Boys' Life
ew Then if you do not agree that it is the most satisfactory fountain pen you ever used regardless of price, return it to us and get your money back ! Postal RESERVOIR PEN POSTAL PEN CO., Inc., DESK 146 41 Park Row, New York City .22 ...
10
United States Exports of Domestic and Foreign Merchandise: ...
... Exports of Domestic Merchandise Commodity by Country of Destination Commodity description and unit of quantity Net quantity FOUNTAIN PEN A DALL PEN PARTS, NEC ESTIMATED SHIPMENTS 10') T0 499 FOUNTAIN PEN POINTS, ...
‎1956

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOUNTAIN PEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fountain pen is used in the context of the following news items.
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Boardroom stilettos: Renaissance of the fountain pen
And if you're going to ink the deal, there's no finer way to do so than with a fountain pen, even one with a medium nib. Written off long ago, the ... «Forbes India, Jul 15»
2
Seal the Deal: The Mightest Fountain Pens
Written off long ago, the anachronistic, thoroughly tactile fountain pen has enjoyed a mighty renaissance in a world of ephemeral e-mail, texts ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
3
Levenger's L-Tech 3.0 Stealth, a serious fountain pen
Beautiful, with a simple, elegant design, but built to survive the apocalypse, I am in love with this Levenger L-Tech 3.0 Stealth fountain pen. «Boing Boing, Jun 15»

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