fashion

== English == === Alternative forms === fascion (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun (compare Jersey Norman faichon), variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make, outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”), from faciō (“do, make”); see fact. Doublet of faction. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfæʃən/, /ˈfæʃɪn/ Rhymes: -æʃən === Noun === fashion (countable and uncountable, plural fashions) (countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons. (uncountable) Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items. (countable) A style or manner in which something is done. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution. (dated) Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === fashion (third-person singular simple present fashions, present participle fashioning, simple past and past participle fashioned) To make, build or construct, especially in a crude or improvised way. 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX I have three gourds which I fill with water and take back to my cave against the long nights. I have fashioned a spear and a bow and arrow, that I may conserve my ammunition, which is running low. (dated) To make in a standard manner; to work. (dated) To fit, adapt, or accommodate to. (obsolete) To forge or counterfeit. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “fashion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fashion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Chinese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English fashion. Doublet of 花臣. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === fashion (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) fashionable === Noun === fashion (Hong Kong Cantonese) fashion (trend) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English fashion. Doublet of fa(c)ção and feição. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === fashion (invariable) (slang) fashionable, trendy === Further reading === “fashion”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fashion”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English fashion. Doublet of facción. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaʃon/ [ˈfa.ʃõn], /ˈfaʃen/ [ˈfa.ʃẽn] Rhymes: -aʃon, -aʃen === Adjective === fashion (invariable) fashionable, trendy ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === fashion m (plural fashions or fashion) fashion ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.