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façon

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See also: facon

French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fa.sɔ̃/
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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French façon.

Noun

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façon f (plural façons)

  1. way; manner; fashion

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin factiōnem, accusative singular of factiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. way, manner, fashion

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