See also: facon

French edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fa.sɔ̃/
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Noun edit

façon f (plural façons)

  1. 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 edit

Descendants edit

  • Haitian Creole: fason
  • Alemannic German: Fasung
  • Danish: facon
  • Russian: фасон (fason)
  • Swedish: fason

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Middle French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French façon.

Noun edit

façon f (plural façons)

  1. way; manner; fashion

Descendants edit

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin factiōnem, accusative singular of factiō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

façon oblique singularf (oblique plural façons, nominative singular façon, nominative plural façons)

  1. way, manner, fashion

Descendants edit