façon

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See also: facon

French

Etymology

From Middle French façon, from Old French façon, from Latin factiō, factiōnis. Compare faction, a borrowed doublet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.sɔ̃/
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Noun

façon f (plural façons)

  1. way; manner; fashion
    Je n’aime pas la façon dont tu me parles.
    I don't like the way you speak to me.

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French façon.

Noun

façon f (plural façons)

  1. way; manner; fashion

Descendants


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin factiōnem, accusative singular of factiō.

Noun

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

  1. way; manner; fashion

Descendants