фант
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Polish fant, from German Pfand (“pledge”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
фант • (fant) m inan (genitive фа́нта, nominative plural фа́нты, genitive plural фа́нтов, diminutive фа́нтик)
- (dated, plural only) fant (game in which players perform comic tasks, assigned by lot to the owner of an object, the "fant")
- (dated) object whose owner is required to perform a comic task and which must be given back, in the game of fant
- (dated) task performed in this way