Fanny

fanny Fanný English Alternative forms en Fannie Pronunciation en /ˈfæni/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Fanny.wav Southern England en æni 2 Proper noun s en female Frances, itself also becoming a given name. en 1883 w:Wilkie Collins Heart and Science Chatto and Windus 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!" en 1967 w:Barbara Sleigh w:Jessamy 1993 Sevenoaks, Kent Bloomsbury 0 340 19547 9 48 They listened to the sound of Fanny’s retreating footsteps. ‘Well, well!’ said Marcus. ‘Oh, take no notice Jess. You know what our Frances Maud is like! It’s nothing to cry about!’ To her humiliation Jessamy found there were tears trickling down her cheeks. ‘Always getting worked up about something, Fanny is.’– page 105:As she did so Fanny put down her book , stood up and stretched her arms, and at once Jessamy noticed a difference. It was the same Fanny but not the Fanny who climbed trees and tore her frock playing in the garden. It was as though a young lady film had settled over her, neatening her unruly hair, which was tied back with a large black bow, and primly composing her small mouth. en 2002 w:Annie Proulx That Old Ace in the Hole 0-00-715151-9 81 "I spose you want to be a cattleboy," drawled the multicolored beard whose name was Carrol Day, a curiously feminine name, thought Martin, not yet acquaintanced with the bearded Marions, Fannys and Abbys of Texas who, saddled by their unthinking mothers with dainty names, built savagely masculine frames of character. Derived terms en my aunt Fanny Descendants da Fanny y fi Fanni y fr Fanny y de Fanny y sv Fanny y Translations female given name Danish: da Fanny Finnish: fi Fanni French: fr Fanny German: de Fanny f Swedish: sv Fanny en diminutives of female given names Danish Etymology From da en Fanny. Proper noun da proper noun da female English Fanny French Etymology fr en Fanny, also used as a pet form of fr Stéphanie. Pronunciation Proper noun f fr female fr female English Fanny fr female Stéphanie German Etymology de :bor en:Fanny de en Fanny. Pronunciation de /ˈfani/ de De-Fanny.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun f de female English Fanny Swedish Etymology sv en Fanny. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Fanny.wav Proper noun c sv female English Fanny