French

Noun

façon f ‎(plural façons)

1. way; manner; fashion

   Je n'aime pas la façon dont tu me parles.

   I don't like the way you speak to me.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• fonça

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French façon.

Noun

façon f (plural façons)

1. way; manner; fashion

Descendants

• French: façon

Old French

Alternative forms

• facon (manuscript form)
• faceon
• façun (Anglo-Norman)
• fechoun (Old Northern French)

Etymology

From Latin factiōnem, accusative singular of factiō.

Noun

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

1. way; manner; fashion

Descendants

• English: fashion (from the Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman variants)
• Middle French: façon
  • French: façon
• Norman: faichon