Fant
See also: fant
English
editEtymology
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Proper noun
editFant
- A surname.
Anagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian fante (“lad, chum”). Doublet of Infant.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editFant 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
editDeclension of Fant [masculine, strong]
References
edit- “Fant” in Duden online
- Wolfgang Pfeifer: Etymologisches Wörterbuch