façon

See also: facon

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.sɔ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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

Descendants

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

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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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈt͡sun/

Noun

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

  1. way, manner, fashion

Descendants

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