fatsoen

Dutch

Etymology

From late Middle Dutch fatchoen, faetsoen, from Old French façon, from Latin factiōnem. Cognate with English fashion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɑtˈsun/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: fat‧soen
  • Rhymes: -un

Noun

fatsoen n (plural fatsoenen, diminutive fatsoentje n)

  1. (uncountable) decency, propriety
  2. (dated, dialectal, countable) model, design, shape

Derived terms

Descendants


Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch fatsoen (decency).

Noun

fatsoen

  1. Nonstandard form of fatsun.

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