fatsoen

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fatsoen n (plural fatsoenen, diminutive fatsoentje n)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: fatsoen
→ Indonesian: fatsun
Negerhollands: fatsoen
Petjo: fatsoen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch fatsoen (“decency”).

Noun

fatsoen

Nonstandard form of fatsun.

Further reading

“fatsoen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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