French Conversation · Level 132
30 words
French word
façonner
Pronunciation
IPA/fasone/
Meaning
- verbshape
Example
Le boulanger façonne la pâte.
The baker shapes the dough.
More examples
La publicité façonne l'image du produit.
Advertising shapes the product's image.
Core concept
A craftsperson pressing, cutting, or modeling material into a finished form, with the same shaping process applied to abstract things.
Common phrases
façonner une image
shape an image
façonner une opinion
shape an opinion
façonner le caractère
shape character
Similar words
faire: Doing practical work or carrying out an action to produce or develop something.
créer: Inventing or producing something original, including an idea.
fabriquer: Producing goods by working with raw materials or fitting parts together.
modeler: Shaping flexible material by pushing, kneading, or otherwise working it.
Definition in French
Former une matière en lui donnant une forme précise par modelage, coupe ou pression, ou, au figuré, participer à la constitution d'une idée, d'un caractère ou d'une structure sociale.
Word origin
Façonner was formed from French façon, which descends from Latin facere, to make, through the related Latin form factionem.
Usage tips
- For a specific physical technique, modeler or sculpter can be more precise, while façonner emphasizes the overall act of giving form.
Other meanings
- fashionverb
- influenceverb
Opposites
- détruiredestroyverb
- déformerdistortverb
Related words
- façonnageshapingnoun
- façonnéshapedadjective
- façonneurshapernoun