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fontange
[ fawn-tahnzh ]
/ fɔ̃ˈtɑ̃ʒ /
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noun, plural fon·tanges [fawn-tahnzh]. /fɔ̃ˈtɑ̃ʒ/.
Often fontanges. commode (def. 4).
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Origin of fontange
1680–90; <French, named after Marie Angélique de Scorraille de Roussilles, Duchess of Fontanges (1661–81), mistress of Louis XIV
Words nearby fontange
fontal, Fontana, Fontane, fontanel, fontanelle, fontange, Fontanne, Fontenelle, Fonteyn, Fonthill Abbey, fonticulus
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