fatsoen

Dutch

Etymology

From late Middle Dutch fatchoen, faetsoen, from Old French façon, from Latin factiōnem. Cognate with English fashion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑtˈsun/

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• Hyphenation: fat‧soen
• Rhymes: -un

Noun

fatsoen n (plural fatsoenen, diminutive fatsoentje n)

1. (uncountable) decency, propriety
2. (dated, dialectal, countable) model, design, shape

Derived terms

• fatsoeneren
• fatsoenlijk
• fatsoensrakker

Descendants

• Afrikaans: fatsoen
• → Indonesian: fatsun

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch fatsoen (“decency”).

Noun

fatsoen

1. Nonstandard form of fatsun.

Further reading

• “fatsoen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.