favoriser

French

Etymology

From Latin favor +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.vɔ.ʁi.ze/

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Verb

favoriser

1. to favour, to show a preference to something
2. to prioritise
3. to promote, encourage, foster

Conjugation

Conjugation of favoriser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	favoriser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	favorisant /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		favorisé /fa.vɔ.ʁi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	favorise /fa.vɔ.ʁiz/	favorises /fa.vɔ.ʁiz/	favorise /fa.vɔ.ʁiz/	favorisons /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃/	favorisez /fa.vɔ.ʁi.ze/	favorisent /fa.vɔ.ʁiz/
	imperfect	favorisais /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zɛ/	favorisais /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zɛ/	favorisait /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zɛ/	favorisions /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zjɔ̃/	favorisiez /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zje/	favorisaient /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zɛ/
	past historic2	favorisai /fa.vɔ.ʁi.ze/	favorisas /fa.vɔ.ʁi.za/	favorisa /fa.vɔ.ʁi.za/	favorisâmes /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zam/	favorisâtes /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zat/	favorisèrent /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zɛʁ/
	future	favoriserai /fa.vɔ.ʁiz.ʁe/	favoriseras /fa.vɔ.ʁiz.ʁa/	favorisera /fa.vɔ.ʁiz.ʁa/	favoriserons /fa.vɔ.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/	favoriserez /fa.vɔ.ʁiz.ʁe/	favoriseront /fa.vɔ.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	favoriserais /fa.vɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/	favoriserais /fa.vɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/	favoriserait /fa.vɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/	favoriserions /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	favoriseriez /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zə.ʁje/	favoriseraient /fa.vɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	favorise /fa.vɔ.ʁiz/	favorises /fa.vɔ.ʁiz/	favorise /fa.vɔ.ʁiz/	favorisions /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zjɔ̃/	favorisiez /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zje/	favorisent /fa.vɔ.ʁiz/
	imperfect2	favorisasse /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zas/	favorisasses /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zas/	favorisât /fa.vɔ.ʁi.za/	favorisassions /fa.vɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/	favorisassiez /fa.vɔ.ʁi.za.sje/	favorisassent /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	favorise /fa.vɔ.ʁiz/	—	favorisons /fa.vɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃/	favorisez /fa.vɔ.ʁi.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• faveur
• favori
• favoritisme

Further reading

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

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Verb

favoriser

1. imperative of favorisere