fanon

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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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References[edit]

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French fanon, fannon, from Old French fanon, fanum, borrowed from Frankish *fano (cloth), from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Cognate with English fane and vane.

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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]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

fanon f (plural fanons)

  1. (Jersey) fennel

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French fanon.

Noun[edit]

fanon n (plural fanoane)

  1. dewlap

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References[edit]

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