favorable

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

favorable (comparative more favorable, superlative most favorable)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of favourable

Derived terms

• unfavorable

Related terms

• favor
• favorably

Translations

pleasing — see favourable

useful — see favourable

opportune — see favourable

auspicious — see favourable

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fə.βuˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fə.voˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fa.voˈɾa.ble]

Adjective

favorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural favorables)

1. favourable

Further reading

• “favorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “favorable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “favorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “favorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/

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Adjective

favorable (plural favorables)

1. favourable, favorable

Antonyms

• hostile

Related terms

• faveur
• favorablement

Further reading

• “favorable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• favorábel

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis.

Adjective

favorable m or f (plural favorables)

1. favorable

Derived terms

• favorablemente

Further reading

• “favorable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faboˈɾable/ [fa.β̞oˈɾa.β̞le]

Adjective

favorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural favorables)

1. favorable

Derived terms

• favorablemente

Further reading

• “favorable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014