франт

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Tetromino (talk | contribs) as of 00:35, 17 March 2018.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish frant (rogue, clown, comedian), ultimately from a diminutive of Czech František (given name).

Pronunciation

Noun

франт (frantm inan (genitive фра́нта, nominative plural фра́нты, genitive plural фра́нтов)

  1. dandy, fop, beau

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “франт”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress