façon

American  

[fa-sawn] / faˈsɔ̃ /

noun

French.

façons plural

1. a fashion; manner; style.

2. workmanship; make.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• façons
  plural

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

He had a nice, direct smile though his speech and manners were a trifle breezy, confident, and sans façon.

From The Dark Star by Stevens, William Dodge

Mr Musgrave remains also; both of them asked to stay dinner—a meal this day eaten sans façon, in haste, and under agitation.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne

Sus, ma bête, De façon Que je fête Ce grison!

From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by Henley, William Ernest