франт

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish frant (“rogue, clown, comedian”), ultimately from a diminutive of Czech František (given name).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [frant]

Noun

франт • (frant) m inan (genitive фра́нта, nominative plural фра́нты, genitive plural фра́нтов)

  1. dandy, fop, beau

Declension
Declension of франт (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative фра́нт
fránt		 фра́нты
fránty
genitive фра́нта
fránta		 фра́нтов
frántov
dative фра́нту
frántu		 фра́нтам
frántam
accusative фра́нт
fránt		 фра́нты
fránty
instrumental фра́нтом
frántom		 фра́нтами
frántami
prepositional фра́нте
fránte		 фра́нтах
frántax

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “франт”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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