"façon" meaning in French

See façon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fa.sɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-façon.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-façon.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-façon.wav Forms: façons [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French façon, from Old French façon, from Latin factiōnem. Compare faction, a borrowed doublet. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|façon|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French façon, {{inh+|fr|frm|façon}} Inherited from Middle French façon, {{inh|fr|fro|façon}} Old French façon, {{inh|fr|la|factiō|factiōnem}} Latin factiōnem, {{doublet|fr|faction|notext=1}} faction Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} façon f (plural façons)
  1. way; manner; fashion Tags: feminine Synonyms: manière Derived forms: à sa façon, de cette façon, de toute façon, en aucune façon, façon de parler, façonnier, faire des façons, sans façon
    Sense id: en-façon-fr-noun-6sweCHQQ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "lang_code": "ht",
      "word": "fason"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Alemannic German",
      "lang_code": "gsw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Fasung"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "fasón",
      "word": "фасо́н"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "facon"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "lang_code": "uz",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "fason"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "fason",
      "word": "фасон"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fason"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
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        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "façon"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "façon"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "factiō",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin factiōnem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "faction",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "faction",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "façons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "à sa façon"
        },
        {
          "word": "de cette façon"
        },
        {
          "word": "de toute façon"
        },
        {
          "word": "en aucune façon"
        },
        {
          "word": "façon de parler"
        },
        {
          "word": "façonnier"
        },
        {
          "word": "faire des façons"
        },
        {
          "word": "sans façon"
        }
      ],
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I don't like the way you speak to me.",
          "text": "Je n'aime pas la façon dont tu me parles.",
          "translation": "I don't like the way you speak to me.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "way; manner; fashion"
      ],
      "id": "en-façon-fr-noun-6sweCHQQ",
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        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "fashion",
          "fashion"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "manière"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/fa.sɔ̃/"
    },
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}
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      "word": "à sa façon"
    },
    {
      "word": "de cette façon"
    },
    {
      "word": "de toute façon"
    },
    {
      "word": "en aucune façon"
    },
    {
      "word": "façon de parler"
    },
    {
      "word": "façonnier"
    },
    {
      "word": "faire des façons"
    },
    {
      "word": "sans façon"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "ht",
      "word": "fason"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Alemannic German",
      "lang_code": "gsw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Fasung"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "fasón",
      "word": "фасо́н"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "facon"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "uz",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fason"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "fason",
      "word": "фасон"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fason"
    }
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        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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    },
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "façon"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "factiō",
        "4": "factiōnem"
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    },
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        "2": "faction",
        "notext": "1"
      },
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      "name": "doublet"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "Je n'aime pas la façon dont tu me parles.",
          "translation": "I don't like the way you speak to me.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "way; manner; fashion"
      ],
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          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "manière"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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}

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