fant

See also: Fant

Manx

Verb

fant

1. past participle of fann

Mutation

Mutation of fant

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fant	ant	vant

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

Noun

fant

1. (County Durham) alternative form of faunt

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fant

1. simple past of finne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Attested at least since the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fant/
• (Trøndelag) IPA^(key): /faɲc/

Noun

fant m (definite singular fanten, indefinite plural fantar, definite plural fantane)

1. vagabond, tramp

   Synonyms: fark, landstrykar, ståtar

2. (ethnic slur, often offensive) synonym of tater

Derived terms

• fantegut (“vagabond boy”)
• fantefut (“public servant who chases away vagabonds”)
• fantemål (“vagabond language”)
• fanteri (“mischief, vagabondage”)
• fente (“female vagabond”)
• raka fant

Old English

Alternative forms

• font

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑnt/

Noun

fant m

1. font, fountain, spring

Descendants

• English: font

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fant”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pfand, from Middle High German phant, from Old High German phant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfant/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: fant

Noun

fant m inan

1. (colloquial) security, deposit (item temporarily relinquished to guarantee something)
2. (colloquial) thingy, widget, gizmo (unspecified object)
3. (slang, especially criminal slang, chiefly in the plural) loot (stolen item)
   • 1999, Małgorzata Karpińska, Złodzieje, agenci, policyjni strażnicy: przestępstwa pospolite w Warszawie 1815-1830, Wyd. Dig:

     Złodzieje w przypadku zagrożenia lub raczej przedstawiciele „proletariatu złodziejskiego” chronili się jak włóczędzy w licznych jeszcze wtedy ruinach pałaców. Tam też odnajdywano niekiedy skradzione „fanty”.

     Thieves, in case of emergency, or rather representatives of the "thieves' proletariat" protected themselves like vagabons in the numerous ruins of the castle. Sometimes one could also find there stolen "loot".

   • 2015 June 8, Jarosław Ruszkiewicz, Syndrom Everetta: Ulysses, Drageus, →ISBN:

     Skradziony fant miał trafić w jego ręce i to była szansa, żeby przyłapać go wreszcie na gorącym uczynku.

     The stolen loot was supposed to end up in his hands there was a chance to catch him im the act.

   • 2020 December 23, Krzysztof Beśka, Wieczorny seans, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Dwa celne ciosy wystarczyły, żeby złodziej, obok juchy, puścił też farbę. Po fanty komisarz musiał się jednak pofatygować nieco dalej.

     Two successful hits were enough to spill more than blood; the thief spilt the beans. As for the loot, the commissioner had to stretch his legs a bit in order to retrieve them.

Declension

Declension of fant

	singular	plural
nominative	fant	fanty
genitive	fantu	fantów
dative	fantowi	fantom
accusative	fant	fanty
instrumental	fantem	fantami
locative	fancie	fantach
vocative	fancie	fanty

Derived terms

adjective

• fantowy

Further reading

• “fant”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “fant”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fánt/

Noun

fȁnt m anim

1. boy (a young, unmarried male)
2. boyfriend
3. jack, knave (in a card game)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	fànt
gen. sing.	fánta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	fànt	fánta	fántje fánti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	fánta	fántov	fántov
dative (dajȃlnik)	fántu	fántoma	fántom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	fánta	fánta	fánte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	fántu	fántih	fántih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	fántom	fántoma	fánti

See also

Playing cards in Slovene · igralne karte (layout · text)
as, enka	dvojka	trojka	štirka, štirica	petka, petica	šestka, šestica	sedemka, sedmica
osmica	devetka, devetica	desetka, desetica	fant	kraljica, dama	kralj	joker

Further reading

• “fant”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Tarifit

Verb

fant (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵏⵜ)

1. inflection of fa:
   1. third-person feminine plural aorist
   2. second-person feminine plural aorist imperative
   3. third-person feminine plural perfective