fanta

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fanta¹

noun fantas

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Fanta

verb fantas · fantaing · fanta'd

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Fanta

Fanta²

  • /ˈfæn.tə/
  • /ˈfɑn.tə/
  • /ˈfɒn.tə/
  • /ˈfeɪn.tə/
  • /ˈfæɳʈaː/ South Asia

Where it comes from

Marketing coinage, derived from German Fantasie (“imagination”), which employees were exhorted to use in inventing a name for the new drink.

proper noun

  1. A brand of fruit-flavoured carbonated drink produced by the Coca-Cola Company. An hour later we were stuffed with smoked fish, grilled maize-on-the-cob, barbecued beef, fried plantains, and Fanta.

noun Fantas

  1. A serving of this drink.

Fanta³

Where it comes from

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).

proper noun Fantas

  1. A surname.

Fanta⁴

Where it comes from

From a clipping of fantasia.

noun Fantas

  1. The Fantasia potion, an in-game consumable for modifying player character appearance. Fantas should be available in game for gil as well as dolladolla.

verb Fantas · Fantaing · Fanta'd

  1. To modify a player character's appearance via a Fantasia potion. Fanta'd to Hroth from Lala after I finished 5.0, and I was over it by 5.2.

    Similar: Fantasia

Translations

Every language

name the brand of drink

EspañolFanta
한국어환타 Hwanta
日本語ファンタ Fanta
中文芬達 /芬达 Fēndá
Русскийфа́нта fánta

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@misc{fanta_2026,
  title = {fanta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fanta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}