English

Noun

fanon ‎(plural fanons)

1. A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
2. Part of a bishop's mitre. They are the tabs extending down from the mitre, often with a cross near the end of each. See lappet.
3. A maniple.

Etymology 2

Blend of fan +‎ canon

Noun

fanon ‎(uncountable)

1. (informal, fandom slang) Elements introduced by fans which are not in the official canon of a fictional world but are widely believed to be or treated as if canonical.

See also

• headcanon

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

French

Etymology

From Frankish *fano ‎(“cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.nɔ̃/

Noun

fanon m ‎(plural fanons)

1. dewlap (pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, lizard, or other animal)
2. wattle (wrinkled fold of skin hanging from the neck of a turkey or other bird)
3. baleen plate; (in the plural) baleen (bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of a baleen whale)
4. feather, feathering (long hair on the lower legs of a horse)
5. (heraldry) bracelet on the right arm
6. fanon (vestment reserved for the Pope)
7. (chiefly in the plural) fanon (part of a bishops mitre)
8. (by extension, chiefly in the plural) tabs on a banner or pennant

Norman

Noun

fanon f ‎(plural fanons)

1. (Jersey) fennel