fanon

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfænən/

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)

1. A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
2. 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.
3. A maniple.
4. (surgery) A fold of linen laid under a splint.

Etymology 2

Blend of fan +‎ canon.

Noun

fanon (uncountable)

1. (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.
   • 2014, Maria Lindgren Leavenworth, Malin Isaksson, Fanged Fan Fiction: Variations on Twilight, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries‎, page 53:

     In this way, smaller groups within a fandom agree on readings which may be completely at odds with the canon, but which in time acquire legitimacy as fanon.

   • 2018, Kali DeDominicis, “Fitting Him for Leather Trousers: Fanon and the Reclamation of Draco Malfoy and Slytherin House”, in Amanda Firestone, Leisa A. Clark, editors, Harry Potter and Convergence Culture: Essays on Fandom and the Expanding Potterverse‎, page 97:

     Loyalty is one aspect of Slytherin that canon and fanon readings technically agree on, but fans are significantly more sincere about this characterization.

   • 2019, Holly Luetkenhaus, Zoe Weinstein, Austentatious: The Evolving World of Jane Austen Fans‎, page 24:

     So in a fandom as old as Austen's, how does fanon get created?

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

• OED 2nd edition 1989

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)

1. dewlap (pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, lizard, or other animal)
2. wattle (wrinkled fold of skin hanging from the neck of a turkey or other bird)
3. baleen plate; (in the plural) baleen (bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of a baleen whale)
4. feather, feathering (long hair on the lower legs of a horse)
5. (heraldry) bracelet on the right arm
6. fanon (vestment reserved for the Pope)
7. (usually in the plural) fanon (part of a bishops mitre)
8. (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 , 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)

1. maniple, fanon

Descendants

• English: fanon

References

• “fanǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

fanon f (plural fanons)

1. (Jersey) fennel

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fanon.

Noun

fanon n (plural fanoane)

1. dewlap

Declension

References

• fanon in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN