fountain pen
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- noun
- /ˈfaʊntən pɛn/
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pluma fuente
- She used a red fountain pen.
And they're like, why would you have all of these fountain pens that you just need one pen?
- And they're like, why would you have all of these fountain pens that you just need one pen?
- And he uses very often a fountain pen and pads of paper for drafting.
- I like the I like filling a fountain pen.
- So a very grand Harley Street office, you know, with one of those enormous Montblanc fountain pens the size of a small submarine with which slowly writes things down.
- Having vague interests like international travel or quirks like collecting fountain pens may be too niche and not grandiose enough for narcissists.
- Like, you know, if buying a person fountain pens, they say, oh, this is to honor me.
Examples
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T.S. Eliot used a fountain pen engraved with his initials.
Academic text (2016) -
The note from Elijah Higgardy was written in faded fountain pen ink on a sheet of lined notebook paper.
Fiction book (1998) -
Yes, now, this... is called a fountain pen.
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One does not often see the traditional French fountain pen.
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Has anyone got a fountain pen?
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Now, take a fountain pen.
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If I were alone right now, with my paperwork and my fountain pen, I would be happy.
Fiction book (1992) -
Charles placed his fountain pen back in its holder.
Fiction book (1999) -
Alois gave Anna his fountain pen and showed her how to fill the barrel.
Fiction book (1999) -
When I write with my fountain pen, it feels more personal than using a regular pen.
Synonyms
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A tool for writing with ink
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A thing that you use to write, like a pen or pencil
How Smooth
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly inferable from combining 'pen' (writing instrument) with 'fountain' (a source that flows): a pen that uses a flowing internal reservoir of ink. This noun+noun composition follows a transparent, productive pattern so a B1 learner who knows both words can reasonably deduce the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Fountain pen comes from the image of a small fountain of 'ink' inside the pen. Old pens had a built-in ink reservoir that let the 'ink' flow to the tip like water from a fountain, so it wrote smoothly.