façon

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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/
  • (file)

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

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