favori

See also: favorì

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French favori. Doublet of favourite.

Noun

favori (plural favoris)

1. A favorite.
   • 1874, Robert Louis Stevenson, Letter to Mrs. Thomas Stevenson‎^[1]:

     Into the bargain with Marie, the American girl, who is grace itself, and comes leaping and dancing simply like a wave—like nothing else, and who yesterday was Queen out of the Epiphany cake and chose Robinet (the French Painter) as her favori with the most pretty confusion possible—into the bargain with Marie, we have two little Russian girls, with the youngest of whom, a little polyglot button of a three-year old, I had the most laughable little scene at lunch to-day.

   • 1908, Lilian Rea, The Life and Times of Marie Madeleine Countess of La Fayette, Methuen, page 109:

     With characteristic humour, Ninon divided her admirers into three classes: her martyrs, her caprices and her favoris, and into one or other of these classes fell nearly every gallant in Paris.

   • 1991, A. Lloyd Moote, Louis XIII, the Just, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 149:

     Observers of his behavior were quick to note the inner conflict as revealed by the king's inability to be separated from his favori, and his cutting remarks about "King Luynes" in the heat of the siege warfare of 1621.

   • 2010, Robert Greene, The 48 Laws Of Power, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 257:

     Even more distinguished were the martyrs, enjoying her company without paying for it and maintaining the hope, however remote, of some day becoming her favori.

2. (archaic, in the plural) Sideburns or side whiskers.
   • 1831, Benjamin Disraeli, The Young Duke‎^[2]:

     M. de Whiskerburg was a young man, tall, with a fine figure, and fine features. In short, a sort of Hungarian Apollo; only his beard, his mustachios, his whiskers, his favoris, his padishas, his sultanas, his mignonettas, his dulcibellas, did not certainly entitle him to the epithet of imberbis, and made him rather an apter representative of the Hungarian Hercules.

   • 1835, Sydney Morgan, The Princesse; Or the Beguine, Baudry, page 386:

     The Count twisted his favoris, twirled his moustaches, and bit his nether lip; then, taking up the Court Magazine, fixed his eyes on the portrait of the 'Hon. Frances Eleanor de Vere, Wentworth, St. Leger,' and muttered in an audible apostrophe, "How lovely! and how like!"

   • 1875, “Two Strings To One Beau”, in Tinsley's Magazine, volume 17, Tinsley Brothers, page 445:

     My normal condition is what my Broad-Church friend—that is, my quandam friend, for I have cut him—termed 'shoulder of mutton,' though I never heard of a should of mutton being soft and silky like my favoris.

   • 1915, Marcello Perathoner, The Girl Philippa‎^[3]:

     Carefully combing out his favoris with a broken comb and greasing them with perfumed pomade flat over his sunken cheekbones, he fairly wriggled with his new sense of security and bodily comfort.

   • 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 141:

     they called him the phantom walrus – an animal, it is true, Tubbs had come to resemble, swathed against the fog and mist in an oversized raincoat (Tubbs was losing weight), his favoris bristling on his cheeks like tusks and glistening with weather.

References

• “favori”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Esperanto

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [faˈvori]
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• Rhymes: -ori
• Hyphenation: fa‧vo‧ri

Verb

favori (present favoras, past favoris, future favoros, conditional favorus, volitive favoru)

1. to favor

Conjugation

Conjugation of favori present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense favoras favoris favoros active participle favoranta favorantaj favorinta favorintaj favoronta favorontaj acc. favorantan favorantajn favorintan favorintajn favorontan favorontajn passive participle favorata favorataj favorita favoritaj favorota favorotaj acc. favoratan favoratajn favoritan favoritajn favorotan favorotajn nominal active participle favoranto favorantoj favorinto favorintoj favoronto favorontoj acc. favoranton favorantojn favorinton favorintojn favoronton favorontojn nominal passive participle favorato favoratoj favorito favoritoj favoroto favorotoj acc. favoraton favoratojn favoriton favoritojn favoroton favorotojn adverbial active participle favorante favorinte favoronte adverbial passive participle favorate favorite favorote infinitive favori imperative favoru conditional favorus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian favorito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.vɔ.ʁi/

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Adjective

favori (feminine favorite, masculine plural favoris, feminine plural favorites)

1. favourite (UK) / favorite (US)

   Synonym: préféré

Noun

favori m (plural favoris, feminine favorite)

1. favorite

Noun

favori m (plural favoris)

1. (in the plural) sideburns, side whiskers

Related terms

• favoritisme

Descendants

• → Danish: favorit
• → English: favori
• → Greek: φαβορί (favorí), φαβορίτα (favoríta)
• → Swedish: favorit
• → Turkish: favori

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈvo.ri/
• Rhymes: -ori
• Hyphenation: fa‧vó‧ri

Noun

favori m

1. plural of favore

Anagrams

• foravi, forvia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /faˈu̯oː.riː/, [fäˈu̯oːriː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈvo.ri/, [fäˈvɔːri]

Noun

favōrī

1. dative singular of favor

Norman

Etymology

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

Adjective

favori m

1. (Jersey) favorite

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French favori.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.vɔ.ɾi/

Adjective

favori

1. favourite (UK) / favorite (US)

   Synonym: gözde

Declension

predicative forms of favori

present tense
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I am)	favoriyim	favori miyim?	favori değilim	favori değil miyim?
sen (you are)	favorisin	favori misin?	favori değilsin	favori değil misin?
o (he/she/it is)	favori / favoridir	favori mi?	favori değil	favori değil mi?
biz (we are)	favoriyiz	favori miyiz?	favori değiliz	favori değil miyiz?
siz (you are)	favorisiniz	favori misiniz?	favori değilsiniz	favori değil misiniz?
onlar (they are)	favori(ler)	favori(ler) mi?	favori değil(ler)	favori değiller mi?
past tense
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I was)	favoriydim	favori miydim?	favori değildim	favori değil miydim?
sen (you were)	favoriydin	favori miydin?	favori değildin	favori değil miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	favoriydi	favori miydi?	favori değildi	favori değil miydi?
biz (we were)	favoriydik	favori miydik?	favori değildik	favori değil miydik?
siz (you were)	favoriydiniz	favori miydiniz?	favori değildiniz	favori değil miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	favoriydiler	favori miydiler?	favori değildi(ler) / değillerdi	favori değil miydiler?
indirect past
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I was)	favoriymişim	favori miymişim?	favori değilmişim	favori değil miymişim?
sen (you were)	favoriymişsin	favori miymişsin?	favori değilmişsin	favori değil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	favoriymiş	favori miymiş?	favori değilmiş	favori değil miymiş?
biz (we were)	favoriymişiz	favori miymişiz?	favori değilmişiz	favori değil miymişiz?
siz (you were)	favoriymişsiniz	favori miymişsiniz?	favori değilmişsiniz	favori değil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	favoriymişler	favori miymişler?	favori değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş	favori değil miymişler?
conditional
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (if I)	favoriysem	favori miysem?	favori değilsem	favori değil miysem?
sen (if you)	favoriysen	favori miysen?	favori değilsen	favori değil miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	favoriyse	favori miyse?	favori değilse	favori değil miyse?
biz (if we)	favoriysek	favori miysek?	favori değilsek	favori değil miysek?
siz (if you)	favoriyseniz	favori miyseniz?	favori değilseniz	favori değil miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	favoriyseler	favori miyseler?	favori değilseler / değillerse	favori değil miyseler?

Noun

favori (definite accusative favoriyi, plural favoriler)

1. favourite (UK) / favorite (US)

   Synonym: gözde

2. sideburns

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	favori
Definite accusative	favoriyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	favori	favoriler
Definite accusative	favoriyi	favorileri
Dative	favoriye	favorilere
Locative	favoride	favorilerde
Ablative	favoriden	favorilerden
Genitive	favorinin	favorilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular favorim favorilerim 2nd singular favorin favorilerin 3rd singular favorisi favorileri 1st plural favorimiz favorilerimiz 2nd plural favoriniz favorileriniz 3rd plural favorileri favorileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular favorimi favorilerimi 2nd singular favorini favorilerini 3rd singular favorisini favorilerini 1st plural favorimizi favorilerimizi 2nd plural favorinizi favorilerinizi 3rd plural favorilerini favorilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular favorime favorilerime 2nd singular favorine favorilerine 3rd singular favorisine favorilerine 1st plural favorimize favorilerimize 2nd plural favorinize favorilerinize 3rd plural favorilerine favorilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular favorimde favorilerimde 2nd singular favorinde favorilerinde 3rd singular favorisinde favorilerinde 1st plural favorimizde favorilerimizde 2nd plural favorinizde favorilerinizde 3rd plural favorilerinde favorilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular favorimden favorilerimden 2nd singular favorinden favorilerinden 3rd singular favorisinden favorilerinden 1st plural favorimizden favorilerimizden 2nd plural favorinizden favorilerinizden 3rd plural favorilerinden favorilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular favorimin favorilerimin 2nd singular favorinin favorilerinin 3rd singular favorisinin favorilerinin 1st plural favorimizin favorilerimizin 2nd plural favorinizin favorilerinizin 3rd plural favorilerinin favorilerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular favoriyim favorilerim 2nd singular favorisin favorilersin 3rd singular favori favoridir favoriler favorilerdir 1st plural favoriyiz favorileriz 2nd plural favorisiniz favorilersiniz 3rd plural favoriler favorilerdir