favo

English

Etymology

favorite +‎ -o

Noun

favo (plural favos)

1. (colloquial) clipping of favorite.
   • 1998 June 11, SilverWolf, “Aliens movies”, in alt.horror.werewolves (Usenet):

     I like mostly all sci-fi movies, but the Alien-saga is one of my favo's. My favo part of the serie's is part II, BTW.

   • 1999 July 5, diasp...@my-dejanews.com, “Kind...gentel sca...perhaps?”, in soc.culture.algeria (Usenet):

     M. Mameri, writer Da el Mouloud is one of my favo too.

   • 2001 March 9, lollo, “My favo”, in alt.pantyhose (Usenet):

     This Is my favo........

Adjective

favo (comparative more favo, superlative most favo)

1. (colloquial) clipping of favorite.
   • 1998 June 11, SilverWolf, “Aliens movies”, in alt.horror.werewolves (Usenet):

     I like mostly all sci-fi movies, but the Alien-saga is one of my favo's. My favo part of the serie's is part II, BTW.

   • 1999 October 20, diasp...@my-deja.com, “att : my favo schizo!!”, in soc.culture.algeria (Usenet):

     Well, my favo schizo has different names. Let us see: dukie, milo, slobo, hitler..etc.

   • 2006 June 21, Frans-Jan v. Steenbeek, “Sound in multiple Linux progs”, in lucky.freebsd.emulation (Usenet):

     But as long as I can play my favo MP3-collection, I'm satisfied.

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin favus.

Noun

favo (uncountable, accusative favon)

1. ringworm, scurf

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Galician

Favo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese favo, from Latin favus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaβo̝/

Noun

favo m (plural favos)

1. honeycomb

References

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• “favo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin favus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -avo

Noun

favo m (plural favi)

1. honeycomb (bee's)

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) favō

1. dative singular of favus
2. ablative singular of favus

References

• favo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese favo, from Latin favus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -avu

Noun

favo m (plural s)

1. honeycomb (bee's)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:favo.