"Fanta" meaning in English

See Fanta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈfæn.tə/, /ˈfɑn.tə/, /ˈfɒn.tə/, /ˈfeɪn.tə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Fanta.wav
Etymology: Marketing coinage, derived from German Fantasie (“imagination”), which employees were exhorted to use in inventing a name for the new drink. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Fantasie||imagination}} German Fantasie (“imagination”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Fanta
  1. A brand of fruit-flavoured carbonated drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company. Derived forms: Fanta cake Translations (the brand of drink): Ֆանտա (Fanta) (Armenian), фа́нта (fánta) [feminine] (Belarusian), ফান্টা (phanṭa) (Bengali), 芬達 /芬达 (fan¹ daat⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 芬達 /芬达 (Fēndá) (Chinese Mandarin), Fanta [masculine] (Czech), ფანტა (panṭa) (Georgian), ファンタ (Fanta) (Japanese), 환타 (Hwanta) (Korean), фанта (fanta) [feminine] (Macedonian), फ्यान्टा (phyānṭā) (Nepali), фа́нта (fánta) [feminine] (Russian), แฟนต้า (Thai), фа́нта (fánta) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Fantas [plural]
Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Czech Fanta, from the phrase fantit se (“to go crazy”), from fant (“crazy, eccentric person”), probably borrowed from German Fant (“dandy, inexperienced person”). * Borrowed from Amharic ፋንታ (fanta). Etymology templates: {{wp|Fanta (disambiguation)}}, {{bor|en|cs|Fanta}} Czech Fanta, {{der|en|de|Fant|t=dandy, inexperienced person}} German Fant (“dandy, inexperienced person”), {{bor|en|am|ፋንታ}} Amharic ፋንታ (fanta) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Fanta (plural Fantas)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Fanta-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈfæn.tə/, /ˈfɑn.tə/, /ˈfɒn.tə/, /ˈfeɪn.tə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Fanta.wav Forms: Fantas [plural]
Etymology: Marketing coinage, derived from German Fantasie (“imagination”), which employees were exhorted to use in inventing a name for the new drink. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Fantasie||imagination}} German Fantasie (“imagination”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Fanta (plural Fantas)
  1. A serving of this drink.
    Sense id: en-Fanta-en-noun-H03jgKF4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "A serving of this drink."
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈfæn.tə/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɑn.tə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɒn.tə/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈfeɪn.tə/"
    },
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        "A surname."
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}

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