different between english vs fante

English

Alternative forms

• English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???.?l??/

Noun

english (uncountable)

1. Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.

   You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.

   • 2005, S. Moran, Bronx Boy: Book One of The Zombie Island Trilogy (page 179)

     There was a magical way of putting English on the dice to result in a six.

2. (figuratively) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.

Synonyms

• (spinning motion): side, spin, sidespin

Translations

See also

• body English

References

Anagrams

• Hingles, shingle

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ?nf?ns, ?nfantem (“infant, child”) with aphaeresis, via the meaning "boy". Doublet of infante.

Noun

fante m (plural fanti)

1. (card games) jack
2. (card games) knave

Derived terms

• fantoccio

See also

• fante di cuori
• fante di fiori
• fante di picche
• fante di quadri

Anagrams

• nafte

Latin

Participle

fante

1. ablative masculine singular of f?ns
2. ablative feminine singular of f?ns
3. ablative neuter singular of f?ns