façon

[ fa-sawn ]

/ faˈsɔ̃ /

a fashion; manner; style.

workmanship; make.

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

First recorded in 1795–1805

The facon he dropped on my side of the wall, but I had no time to stoop for it just then.
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story|Various
Now and then he made long, slashing stabs in the air with the facon.
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story|Various
This may be said to be literally true and not a facon de parler, as I once killed an elk that jumped through a window.
The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon|Samuel White Baker