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source
English
Etymology
From Middle English sours, from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surg? (“to rise”). See surge.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /s??s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??s/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /so(?)?s/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /so?s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
- Homophone: sauce (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
Noun
source (plural sources)
- The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
- Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
- A reporter's informant.
- (computing) Source code.
- (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
Synonyms
- wellspring
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- resource
Translations
See also
- target
Verb
source (third-person singular simple present sources, present participle sourcing, simple past and past participle sourced)
- (chiefly US) To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.
- (transitive) To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for.
Derived terms
- (mainly US): sourcing
- (mainly US): insourcing
- (mainly US): outsourcing
Translations
Further reading
- source in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- source in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- 'course, Couser, Crouse, Crusoe, cerous, coures, course, crouse
French
Etymology
From Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surgere (“to rise”). See surge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su?s/
Noun
source f (plural sources)
- source, spring (of water)
Derived terms
- code source
- couler de source
- eau de source
- langue source
Descendants
- ? Romanian: surs?
Verb
source
- inflection of sourcer:
- first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/present subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “source” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- coeurs, cœurs
- coures
- course, coursé
- écrous
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satisfaction
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin satisfactio, satisfactionis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sæt?s?fæk??n/
- Rhymes: -æk??n
Noun
satisfaction (countable and uncountable, plural satisfactions)
- A fulfilment of a need or desire.
- The pleasure obtained by such fulfillment.
- November 4, 1860, Henry David Thoreau, letter to Mr. D. R.
- This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.
- Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
- November 4, 1860, Henry David Thoreau, letter to Mr. D. R.
- The source of such gratification.
- A reparation for an injury or loss.
- A vindication for a wrong suffered.
Translations
Derived terms
- satisfaction note
- satisfaction piece
- satisfaction theory of atonement
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin satisfactio, satisfactionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.tis.fak.sj??/
Noun
satisfaction f (uncountable)
- satisfaction
- fulfilment
- pleasure
Synonyms
- (fulfilment): assouvissement
- (pleasure): plaisir
Further reading
- “satisfaction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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