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fanon

See also: Fanon

English edit

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Etymology 1 edit

 
A papal fanon (seen from above, lying flat).

From Middle English fanon, fanoun, from Old French fanon, from Medieval Latin fanō, from Frankish *fano, from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Doublet of fane and vane.

Noun edit

fanon (plural fanons)

  1. A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
  2. Part of a bishop's mitre. They are the tabs extending down from the mitre, often with a cross near the end of each. See lappet.
  3. A maniple.
  4. (surgery) A fold of linen laid under a splint.

Etymology 2 edit

Blend of fan +‎ canon.

Noun edit

fanon (uncountable)

  1. (fandom slang) Elements introduced by fans which are not in the official canon of a fictional world but are widely believed to be or treated as if canonical.
    • 2014, Maria Lindgren Leavenworth, Malin Isaksson, Fanged Fan Fiction: Variations on Twilight, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries‎[1], page 53:
      In this way, smaller groups within a fandom agree on readings which may be completely at odds with the canon, but which in time acquire legitimacy as fanon.
    • 2018, Kali DeDominicis, “Fitting Him for Leather Trousers: Fanon and the Reclamation of Draco Malfoy and Slytherin House”, in Amanda Firestone, Leisa A. Clark, editors, Harry Potter and Convergence Culture: Essays on Fandom and the Expanding Potterverse‎[2], page 97:
      Loyalty is one aspect of Slytherin that canon and fanon readings technically agree on, but fans are significantly more sincere about this characterization.
    • 2019, Holly Luetkenhaus, Zoe Weinstein, Austentatious: The Evolving World of Jane Austen Fans‎[3], page 24:
      So in a fandom as old as Austen's, how does fanon get created?
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  • OED 2nd edition 1989

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French fanon, fannon, from Old French fanon, fanum, from Early Medieval Latin fanō (attested in the Reichenau Glossary), borrowed from Frankish *fano (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Cognate with English fane and vane.

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Noun edit

fanon m (plural fanons)

  1. dewlap (pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, lizard, or other animal)
  2. wattle (wrinkled fold of skin hanging from the neck of a turkey or other bird)
  3. baleen plate; (in the plural) baleen (bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of a baleen whale)
  4. feather, feathering (long hair on the lower legs of a horse)
  5. (heraldry) bracelet on the right arm
  6. fanon (vestment reserved for the Pope)
  7. (usually in the plural) fanon (part of a bishops mitre)
  8. (by extension, usually in the plural) tabs on a banner or pennant

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Middle English edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French fanon, from Medieval Latin fanō, from Frankish *fano, from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Doublet of fane (“flag, vane”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /faˈnuːn/, /ˈfanun/, /ˈfanən/

Noun edit

fanon (plural fanons)

  1. maniple, fanon

Descendants edit

  • English: fanon

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Norman edit

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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fanon f (plural fanons)

  1. (Jersey) fennel

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French fanon.

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fanon n (plural fanoane)

  1. dewlap

Declension edit

Declension of fanon
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) fanon fanonul (niște) fanoane fanoanele
genitive/dative (unui) fanon fanonului (unor) fanoane fanoanelor
vocative fanonule fanoanelor

References edit

  • fanon in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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