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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