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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Derived terms 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 Anagrams

[ English

[ Etymology

From Old French sourse from sourdre from Latin surgō.

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɔrs/ (US)
• SAMPA: /sOrs/ (US)
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)s

[ Homophones

• sores
• sauce (in some dialects)

[ Noun

Singular source

Plural sources

source (plural sources)

1. The origin (of a river, of information, of goods, etc.)
2. Spring (of water)
3. A reporter's informant

[ Derived terms

• source code
• primary source
• secondary source
• tertiary source

[ Related terms

• target

[ Translations

the origin

Danish: kilde c., udspring n. Finnish: lähde fi(fi) German: Quelle de(de) f., Ursprung de(de) m. Hungarian: forrás hu(hu), eredet hu(hu) Kurdish: Sorani: کانگه ku(ku) (kAnga), سه‌رچاوه ku(ku) (sarchAwa)

Portuguese: origem pt(pt) f., fonte pt(pt) f. Russian: источник ru(ru) (istóčnik) m., исток ru(ru) (istók) m., ключ ru(ru) (kl'uč) m. Scots: soorce

reporter's informant

Czech: zdroj cs(cs) m. Danish: kilde c. Finnish: lähde fi(fi) German: Quelle de(de) f.

Hungarian: forrás hu(hu) Portuguese: fonte pt(pt) f. Russian: источник ru(ru) (istóčnik) m.

[ Verb

Infinitive to source

Third person singular sources

Simple past sourced

Past participle sourced

Present participle sourcing

to source (third-person singular simple present sources, present participle sourcing, simple past and past participle sourced)

1. (mainly US) to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource

[ Translations

(mainly US) to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource

Finnish: sorsastaa (slang), hankkia

German: belegen de(de), beziehen de(de)

[ Derived terms

• (mainly US): sourcing
• (mainly US): insourcing
• (mainly US): outsourcing

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[ French

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

source f. (plural sources)

1. source

[ Anagrams

• cœurs
• course
• écrous
• coures