# fanon
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
* 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.
* A maniple.
* (surgery) A fold of linen laid under a splint.

### Etymology 2

Blend of fan +‎ canon.

#### Noun

fanon (uncountable)
* (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: /fa.nɔ̃/

### Noun

fanon m (plural fanons)
* dewlap (pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, lizard, or other animal)
* wattle (wrinkled fold of skin hanging from the neck of a turkey or other bird)
* baleen plate; (in the plural) baleen (bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of a baleen whale)
* feather, feathering (long hair on the lower legs of a horse)
* (heraldry) bracelet on the right arm
* fanon (vestment reserved for the Pope)
* (usually in the plural) fanon (part of a bishops mitre)
* (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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 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: /faˈnuːn/, /ˈfanun/, /ˈfanən/

### Noun

fanon (plural fanons)
* 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)
* (Jersey) fennel

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French fanon.

### Noun

fanon n (plural fanoane)
* dewlap

#### Declension
### References

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