fanon

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfænən/ Rhymes: -ænən === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fanon, fanoun, from Old French fanon, from Medieval Latin fanō, from Frankish *fano, from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Doublet of fane and vane. ==== Noun ==== fanon (plural fanons) A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass. Part of a bishop's mitre. They are the tabs extending down from the mitre, often with a cross near the end of each. See lappet. A maniple. (surgery) A fold of linen laid under a splint. === Etymology 2 === Blend of fan +‎ canon. ==== Noun ==== fanon (uncountable) (fandom slang) Elements introduced by fans which are not in the official canon of a fictional world but are widely believed to be or treated as if canonical. ===== Derived terms ===== fanonical ===== See also ===== headcanon === Further reading === Papal Fanon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Fanon in fiction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Fanon article at TV Tropes === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “fanon”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French fanon, fannon, from Old French fanon, fanum, from Early Medieval Latin fanō (attested in the Reichenau Glossary), borrowed from Frankish *fano (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Cognate with English fane and vane. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fa.nɔ̃/ === Noun === fanon m (plural fanons) dewlap (pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, lizard, or other animal) wattle (wrinkled fold of skin hanging from the neck of a turkey or other bird) baleen plate; (in the plural) baleen (bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of a baleen whale) feather, feathering (long hair on the lower legs of a horse) (heraldry) bracelet on the right arm fanon (vestment reserved for the Pope) (usually in the plural) fanon (part of a bishops mitre) (by extension, usually in the plural) tabs on a banner or pennant ==== Derived terms ==== baleine à fanons === Further reading === “fanon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === phanoun, fanoun, fanun, fanen, vanone, phanone, phannenne === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French fanon, from Medieval Latin fanō, from Frankish *fano, from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Doublet of fane (“flag, vane”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /faˈnuːn/, /ˈfanun/, /ˈfanən/ === Noun === fanon (plural fanons) maniple, fanon ==== Descendants ==== English: fanon ==== References ==== “fanǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3. == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === fanon f (plural fanons) (Jersey) fennel == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French fanon. === Noun === fanon n (plural fanoane) dewlap ==== Declension ==== === References === fanon in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN