# fant
## Manx
### Verb

fant
* past participle of fann

### Mutation

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

fant
* simple past of finne

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fant/
* (Trøndelag dialect) IPA: /faɲc/

### Noun

fant m (definite singular fanten, indefinite plural fantar, definite plural fantane)
* vagabond, tramp
    Synonym: ståtar
* (ethnic slur, often offensive) the same as tater (a kind of Norwegian Gypsies)

#### Derived terms

* fantegut
* fantefut
* fantemål
* fanteri
* raka fant

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* font

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fons.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɑnt/

### Noun

fant m
* font, fountain, spring

#### Descendants

* English: font

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fant”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant
* Syllabification: fant

### Noun

fant m inan
* (colloquial) security, deposit (item temporarily relinquished to guarantee something)
* (colloquial) thingy, widget, gizmo (unspecified object)
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* fantowy

### Further reading

* fant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* fant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Slovene
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fante.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fánt/

### Noun

fȁnt m anim
* boy (a young, unmarried male)
* boyfriend
* jack, knave (in a card game)

#### 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), 2014–2025