favorite

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Alternative forms

• (Commonwealth English) favourite

Etymology

From Old French favorit or favori past participle of favorir (“to favor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfeɪ̯v.ɹɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"feI_^v.r\It/

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Adjective

favorite (comparative more favorite, superlative most favorite)

1. Preferred.

   That is my favorite flavor of ice cream, I'd eat it daily if I could.

Antonyms

• (preferred): least favorite, unfavorite

Translations

preferred

• American Sign Language: Open8@Chin-PalmBack Contact Contact
• Arabic: مفضل (ar) (mufaDDal)
• Asturian: favoritu (ast), preferíu (ast)
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: favorit (ca), preferit (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 最喜愛的 (cmn), 最喜爱的 (cmn) (zuì xǐ'ài de)

• Croatian: najdraži
• Czech: oblíbený (cs)
• Dutch: favoriet (nl), lievelings- (nl), geliefkoost (nl)
• Finnish: lempi- (fi), mieli- (fi)
• French: préféré (fr), favori (fr)
• Galician: favorito (gl), preferido (gl)
• Georgian: საყვარელი (ka) (saqvareli), ფავორიტი (ka) (p'avoriti)
• German: Lieblings- (de), liebster (de)
• Greek: αγαπημένος (el) (agapiménos)

• Hungarian: kedvenc (hu)
• Italian: preferito (it), favorito (it), amato (it) m
• Japanese: お気に入りの (ja) (おきにいりの, o-ki-ni-iri-no), 最も好きな (ja) (もっともすきな, mottomo-suki-na)
• Jèrriais: favori
• Malay: kegemaran (ms)
• Norwegian: favoritt, yndlings
• Polish: ulubiony (pl)
• Portuguese: favorito (pt), preferido (pt), predileto (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: любимый (ru) (ljubímyj), излюбленный (ru) (izljúblennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: favorito (es), preferido (es), predilecto (es)
• Swahili: kipenzi (sw)
• Swedish: favorit- (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Noun

favorite (plural favorites)

1. Preferred one, one with special favor

   The teacher's favorite always went first.

2. Expected or most probable to win.

   He's the favorite, he'll probably be elected.

Synonyms

• (expected to win): top dog

Antonyms

• (preferred): unfavorite

Related terms

• favor
• favour
• favorable

Translations

preferred one, one with special favor

• American Sign Language: Open8@Chin-PalmBack Contact Contact
• Finnish: suosikki (fi), lellikki (fi)
• French: chouchou (fr), préféré (fr)
• German: Liebling (de) m, Favorit (de) m
• Italian: favorito (it) m

• Polish: ulubieniec (pl) m
• Portuguese: preferido (pt) m, preferida (pt) f, favorito (pt) m, favorita (pt) f
• Spanish: favorito (es) m
• Swedish: favorit (sv) c

expected or most probable to win

• Finnish: ennakkosuosikki (fi)
• French: favori (fr)
• German: Favorit (de)
• Italian: favorito (it) m

• Polish: faworyt (pl) m
• Portuguese: favorito (pt) m, favorita (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: favorit (sh)
• Swedish: favorit (sv) c

Verb

favorite (third-person singular simple present favorites, present participle favoriting, simple past and past participle favorited)

1. Alternative form of favor.
2. (Internet) To bookmark.
3. (Internet) To add to one's list of favorites on a website that allows users to compile such lists.

Antonyms

• (add to a list of favorites): unfavorite

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Esperanto

Adverb

favorite

1. past adverbial passive participle of favori

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French

Adjective

favorite

1. feminine form of favori

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Italian

Adjective

favorite f pl

1. feminine plural of favorito

Noun

favorite f

1. Plural form of favorita

Verb form

favorite

1. feminine plural past participle of favorire
2. second-person plural indicative present of favorire
3. second-person plural imperative of favorire

Anagrams

• foratevi

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Jèrriais

Adjective

favorite f

1. feminine form of favori