façon
See also: facon
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French façon, from Old French façon, from Latin factiōnem. Compare faction, a borrowed doublet.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfaçon f (plural façons)
- 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
editDerived terms
Descendants
edit- Haitian Creole: fason
- → Alemannic German: Fasung
- → Danish: facon
- → Russian: фасон (fason)
- → Uzbek: fason
- → Swedish: fason
Further reading
edit- “façon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editMiddle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French façon.
Noun
editfaçon f (plural façons)
Descendants
editOld French
editAlternative forms
edit- facon (manuscript form)
- faceon
- façun (Anglo-Norman)
- fechoun (Old Northern French)
Etymology
editFrom Latin factiōnem, accusative singular of factiō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfaçon oblique singular, f (oblique plural façons, nominative singular façon, nominative plural façons)
Descendants
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