n.

1. A spring that is the source or head of a stream.
2. A chief and copious source; an originator: “the intellectual fountainhead of the black conservatives” (Jerrold K. Footlick).

noun

A point of origination: beginning, derivation, fount, fountain, mother, origin, parent, provenance, provenience, root¹, rootstock, source, spring, well¹. See start/end.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an abundant source
  Synonyms: well, wellspring

Meaning #2: the source of water from which a stream arises
  Synonyms: headspring, head

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kilde, udspring

Nederlands (Dutch)
oorspronkelijke bron/ oorsprong, bron van een rivier

Français (French)
n. - (fig) source (littér)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Quelle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κεφαλόβρυση-ο, νερομάνα, κεφαλάρι, βρυσομάνα

Italiano (Italian)
sorgente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - origem (f)

Русский (Russian)
первоисточник

Español (Spanish)
n. - manantial, fuente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - källa (flods äv. bildl.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
水源, 本源, 源

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 水源, 本源, 源

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수원, 원천

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 源泉, 水源

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منبع , مصدر رئيسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקור ראשון, מקור הנחל‬

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