fave
See also: fåve
English
Alternative forms
- fav
Etymology
From favorite or favourite, by shortening.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feɪv/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪv
Adjective
fave
- (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK).
- 2010 September, St. Louis magazine, volume 16, number 9, ISSN 1090-5723, page 8:
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Translations
favorite (informal)
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Noun
fave (plural faves)
- (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK)
Verb
fave (third-person singular simple present faves, present participle faving, simple past and past participle faved)
- (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK)
Antonyms
- unfave
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin faba.
Noun
fave f (plural favis)
- broad bean
Related terms
- favâl
Italian
Noun
fave f
- plural of fava
Latin
Verb
favē
- second-person singular present active imperative of faveō
References
- fave 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)