facon

• fakon

Blend of fake +‎ bacon.

• enPR: fā'kən, IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪ.kən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪkən

facon (usually uncountable, plural facons)

1. Vegetarian bacon; meat-free imitation bacon, generally made with tofu, tempeh, beans, or buckwheat.

   Synonym: vacon

   • 2017 April 7, Joanne Kaufman, “The Witty and Weird of Passover Products (Matzo Print Attire, No Less)”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Those unfortunate herrings notwithstanding, other companies have found success with kosher-for-Passover bagels, pizza, croutons — and bacon. Actually, that’s “facon,” kosher beef bacon from Jack’s Gourmet, a Brooklyn-based manufacturer of glatt kosher deli meats and sausages.

From French façon, from Latin factiō, from faciō (“to make”) +‎ -tiō.

• IPA^(key): [faˈsʌŋ]

facon c (singular definite faconen, plural indefinite faconer)

1. shape
2. manner

• “facon” in Den Danske Ordbog

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facon

1. accusative singular of faco

facon

1. alternative form of faucoun

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facon

1. to sleep

• Middle Dutch: vāken

• “fakon”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012