façon
See also: facon
French
Etymology
From Middle French façon, from Old French façon, from Latin factiō, factiōnis. Compare faction, a borrowed doublet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.sɔ̃/
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Noun
façon f (plural façons)
- way; manner; fashion
- Synonym: manière
- Je n'aime pas la façon dont tu me parles.
- I don't like the way you speak to me.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- à sa façon
- de cette façon
- de toute façon
- en aucune façon
- façon de parler
- façonnier
- faire des façons
- sans façon
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: fason
- → Alemannic German: Fasung
- → Danish: facon
- → Russian: фасон (fason)
- → Uzbek: fason
- → Swedish: fason
Further reading
- “façon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- fonça
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French façon.
Noun
façon f (plural façons)
- way; manner; fashion
Descendants
- French: façon
- Haitian Creole: fason
- → Alemannic German: Fasung
- → Danish: facon
- → Russian: фасон (fason)
- → Uzbek: fason
- → Swedish: fason
Old French
Alternative forms
- facon (manuscript form)
- faceon
- façun (Anglo-Norman)
- fechoun (Old Northern French)
Etymology
From Latin factiōnem, accusative singular of factiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈt͡sun/
Noun
façon f (oblique plural façons, nominative singular façon, nominative plural façons)
- way, manner, fashion
Descendants
- Middle French: façon
- French: façon
- Haitian Creole: fason
- → Alemannic German: Fasung
- → Danish: facon
- → Russian: фасон (fason)
- → Uzbek: fason
- → Swedish: fason
- French: façon
- French: façon
- Norman: faichon
- → Middle Dutch: fatchoen, faetsoen
- Dutch: fatsoen
- Afrikaans: fatsoen
- → Indonesian: fatsun
- Negerhollands: fatsoen
- Petjo: fatsoen
- Dutch: fatsoen
- → Middle English: facioun
- English: fashion (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: fashion, fasson
- Yola: fashoon