different between fanger vs franger

English

Etymology

From Middle English fanger, equivalent to fang +? -er. Cognate with Old High German fangari (“fanger; one who takes”).

Noun

fanger (plural fangers)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A receiver.
2. (obsolete) A helper; protector.

Danish

Verb

fanger

1. present of fange

Noun

fanger

1. indefinite plural of fange

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian finger. Cognates include West Frisian finger.

Noun

fanger m (plural fangern)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) finger

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb fange +? -er

Noun

fanger m (definite singular fangeren, indefinite plural fangere, definite plural fangerne)

1. a person or object that catches something, literally a catcher

Derived terms

• hvalfanger
• solfanger
• støtfanger

Etymology 2

Noun

fanger m pl

1. indefinite plural of fange

Etymology 3

Verb

fanger

1. present of fange

See also

• fangar (Nynorsk)

References

• “fanger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fanger” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

English

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps an alteration of french letter.

Noun

franger (plural frangers)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A condom.
   • 2001, Bryce Courtenay, Four Fires, unnumbered page,

     The barber would say while he was cutting a grown-up?s hair, ‘Do you need any home supplies, sir?’ which is the secret code for a packet of frangers.

   • Gone are the terms we used in our youth the frenchies, frangers, rubbers, joes, french letters, gumboots, rubbers, johnnies, parachutes and plastic fantastics -- these days they're just condoms.

Derived terms

• foot franger

References

Anagrams

• granfer

French

Etymology

frange +? -er

Verb

franger

1. to fringe

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written frange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Further reading

• “franger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).