façon

Is façon masculine or feminine?

lafaçonexception
/la fasɔ̃/feminineway

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -on are usually masculine, but la façon is feminine.
Façon is one of the rare exceptions: learn it as it is.
91.9% of -on nouns are masculine
Fellow exceptions

Like façon, these end in -on but are feminine.

laréunionlaleçonl'opinionlarégionlareligion

In context

  • Je ne changerai jamais ma façon de faire.

    I will never change my ways.

  • De façon générale, les Américains aiment le café.

    Generally speaking, Americans like coffee.

  • Je n'aime pas sa façon de parler.

    I don't like the way he talks.

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