preference

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• præference (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɾɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/, X-SAMPA: /"prEf(@)r\(@)ns/

Noun

Wikipedia preference (plural preferences)

1. The selection of one thing or person over others.
2. The option to so select, and the one selected.

   Can I keep my preferences when I upgrade to the new version of this application?

3. The state of being preferred over others.
4. A strong liking or personal valuation.
5. A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
6. Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.

Translations

selection

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優選 (cmn), 优选 (cmn) (yōuxuǎn), 選擇 (cmn), 选择 (cmn) (xuǎnzé)

• Finnish: valinta (fi), preferenssi (fi)
• French: préférence (fr) f
• Haitian Creole: preferans
• Hebrew: העדפה (he) (Ha`adafá) f
• Japanese: 選択 (ja) (sentaku)

• Navajo: siłkidígíí
• Portuguese: preferência (pt) f
• Romanian: preferință (ro) f
• Russian: выбор (ru) (výbor) m
• Swedish: företräde (sv), preferens (sv)
• Turkish: tercih (tr)

chance to select or selected

• Finnish: valinta (fi)
• Hebrew: העדפה (he) (Ha`adafá) f
• Navajo: siłkidígíí
• Portuguese: preferência (pt) f

• Romanian: preferință (ro)
• Russian: выбор (ru) (výbor) m
• Swedish: företräde (sv)
• Turkish: tercih (tr)

state of being preferred

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優先 (cmn), 优先 (cmn) (yōuxiān)

• Finnish: suosikkiasema (fi), suosituimmuus (fi)
• Hebrew: העדפה (he) (Ha`adafá) f
• Japanese: 優先 (ja) (yūsen)

• Portuguese: preferência (pt) f
• Russian: предпочтение (ru) (predpočténije) n, выбор (ru) (výbor) m
• Swedish: företräde (sv)
• Turkish: tercih (tr)

liking

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偏好 (cmn) (piānhào), 喜愛 (cmn), 喜爱 (cmn) (xǐ'ài)

• Finnish: preferenssi, mieltymys
• Hebrew: העדפה (he) (Ha`adafá) f
• Japanese: 好み (ja) (konomi)

• Portuguese: preferência (pt) f
• Russian: предпочтение (ru) (predpočténije) n
• Spanish: preferencia (es)
• Swedish: förkärlek (sv), preferens (sv)
• Telugu: అభిరుచి (abhiruchi)
• Turkish: tercih (tr)

bias

• Finnish: puolueellisuus (fi)
• Hebrew: העדפה (he) (Ha`adafá) f
• Japanese: えこひいき (ja) (ekohīki)
• Portuguese: preferência (pt) f

• Russian: предпочтение (ru) (predpočténije) n
• Spanish: preferencia (es) f
• Swedish: förmånsrätt (sv)
• Turkish: tercih (tr)

card game — see preferans

Verb

preference (third-person singular simple present preferences, present participle preferencing, simple past and past participle preferenced)

1. (US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.

See also

• preferences

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Czech

Noun

preference f

1. preference (selection of one thing or person over others)

   spotřebitelské preference

   volební preference

Derived terms

• preferenční

Related terms

• preferovat

See also

• upřednostnění

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Middle French

Noun

preference f (plural preferences)

1. preference (option preferred over another option)