Fant
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See also: fant
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun[edit]
Fant
- A surname.
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian fante (“lad, chum”). Doublet of Infant.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
Fant m (strong, genitive Fantes or Fants, plural Fante)
- an inexperienced person acting as experienced
- a dandy, an irrelevant person of pompous and vain apparence
- Synonym: Pinkel
Declension[edit]
Declension of Fant [masculine, strong]
References[edit]
- “Fant” in Duden online
- Wolfgang Pfeifer: Etymologisches Wörterbuch