façon

American  

[fa-sawn] / faˈsɔ̃ /

noun

French.

plural

façons

1. a fashion; manner; style.

2. workmanship; make.

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Etymology

Origin of façon

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

For the French, these arrangements were not only accepted but even encouraged by an official edict that governed mariage à la façon du pays, or “the custom of the country.”

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2022

My father drove the same car in his later years and, since he died before Sara met him, I thought she could commune with him on a kind of spiritual voyage à la façon anglaise.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2015

Je crois qu’en somme on se représente la réalité comme constituée de la façon dont sont faites les “couleurs” qui nous servent à la peinture.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William

Barthélemy Minguet of Brécy was tried in 1616: 'Enquis, de quelle façon sa femme fut au Sabbat la premiere fois.

From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice

It was to be a lantern frolic and a lantern dance and supper, all most formally and impressively sans façon.

From The Younger Set by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)