la fontaine

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Definition of la fontaine in English English dictionary

{i} family name; Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), French poet, author of "Aesop's Fables"; Henri La Fontaine (1854-1943), Belgian statesman and jurist, the 1913 Nobel peace prize winner; town in Indiana (USA)

French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695)

Hyphenation

la Fon·taine

Turkish pronunciation

lä fônteyn

Pronunciation

/ˈlä fônˈtān/ /ˈlɑː fɔːnˈteɪn/

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