Fanny

See also: fanny and Fanný

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfæni/
  • Rhymes: -æni

Proper noun

Fanny

  1. A diminutive of Frances, also used as a female given name.
    • 1883, Wilkie Collins, Heart and Science, Chatto and Windus, page 227:
      "My name is Frances. Don't call me Fanny!" "Why not?" "Because it's too absurd to be endured! What does the mere sound of Fanny suggest? A flirting dancing creature - plump and fair, and playful and pretty!"

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Translations


Danish

Proper noun

Fanny

  1. A female given name borrowed from English.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.ni/

Proper noun

Fanny

  1. A female given name borrowed from English; also used as a pet form of Stéphanie.

German

Proper noun

Fanny

  1. A female given name borrowed from English.

Swedish

Proper noun

Fanny c (genitive Fannys)

  1. A female given name borrowed from English.
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