facon

See also: façon

English

A breakfast of facon, bagel halves, cream cheese, and tomato

Alternative forms

• fakon

Etymology

Blend of fake +‎ bacon.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fā'kən, IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪ.kən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪkən

Noun

facon (usually uncountable, plural facons)

1. Vegetarian bacon; meat-free imitation bacon, generally made with tofu, tempeh, beans, or buckwheat.

   Synonym: vacon

   • 2017 April 7, Joanne Kaufman, “The Witty and Weird of Passover Products (Matzo Print Attire, No Less)”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Those unfortunate herrings notwithstanding, other companies have found success with kosher-for-Passover bagels, pizza, croutons — and bacon. Actually, that’s “facon,” kosher beef bacon from Jack’s Gourmet, a Brooklyn-based manufacturer of glatt kosher deli meats and sausages.

Translations

vegetarian bacon

• Spanish: tocino calcado m

Danish

Etymology

From French façon, from Latin factiō, from faciō (“to make”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [faˈsʌŋ]

Noun

facon c (singular definite faconen, plural indefinite faconer)

1. shape
2. manner

Declension

Declension of facon

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	facon	faconen	faconer	faconerne
genitive	facons	faconens	faconers	faconernes

References

• “facon” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

facon

1. accusative singular of faco

Middle English

Noun

facon

1. Alternative form of faucoun

Old Dutch

Etymology

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Verb

facon

1. to sleep

Inflection

Conjugation of facon (weak class 2)

infinitive	facon
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	faco, facon	facoda
2nd person singular	facos, facost	facodos
3rd person singular	facot	facoda
1st person plural	facon	facodun
2nd person plural	facot	facodut
3rd person plural	facont	facodun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	faco	facodi
2nd person singular	facos, facost	facodis
3rd person singular	faco	facodi
1st person plural	facon	facodin
2nd person plural	facot	facodit
3rd person plural	facon	facodin
imperative	present
singular	faco
plural	facot
participle	present	past
	facondi	facot, gifacot

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: vāken

Further reading

• “fakon”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012