façon

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French façon, from Old French façon, from Latin factiōnem. Compare faction, a borrowed doublet.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fa.sɔ̃/
Audio: (file)

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

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

Etymology

From Latin factiōnem, accusative singular of factiō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faˈt͡sun/

Noun

façon oblique singular, 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
Norman: faichon
→ Middle Dutch: fatchoen, faetsoen
- Dutch: fatsoen
  - Afrikaans: fatsoen
  - → Indonesian: fatsun
  - Negerhollands: fatsoen
  - Petjo: fatsoen
→ Middle English: facioun
- English: fashion (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: fashion, fasson
- Yola: fashoon

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