favorite

favorite

See also: Favorite

English

Alternative forms

• favourite (British)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French favorit, from Old French favorit or Italian favorito past participle of Italian favorire (“to favor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/

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Adjective

favorite (comparative more favorite, superlative most favorite) (US)

1. preferred; liked more than any other

   That is my favorite flavor of ice cream. I'd eat it daily if I could.

   Antonyms: least favorite, unfavorite

Translations

preferred

American Sign Language: Open8@Chin-PalmBack Contact Contact Arabic: مُفَضَّل‎ (mufaḍḍal) Assamese: Central: আটাইতকে ভাল লাগা (ataitke bhal laga) Eastern: আটাইতকৈ ভাল লগা (ataitkoi bhal loga) Asturian: favoritu, preferíu Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: favorit, preferit Chinese: Mandarin: 最喜愛的 (zh), 最喜爱的 (zh) (zuì xǐ'ài de) Czech: oblíbený (cs) Danish: yndlings- Dutch: favoriet (nl), lievelings-, geliefkoost Esperanto: plej ŝatata, plej preferata Finnish: lempi-, mieli- French: préféré (fr), favori (fr) Galician: favorito, preferido Georgian: საყვარელი (saq̇vareli), ფავორიტი (ka) (pavoriṭi) German: Lieblings- (de), liebster (de), bevorzugter Greek: αγαπημένος (el) (agapiménos), ευνοούμενος (el) m (evnooúmenos) Hebrew: מועדף‎ m (muadáf), רצוי‎ (he) m (ratsúi)

Hungarian: kedvenc (hu) Italian: preferito (it), favorito (it), amato (it) m Japanese: お気に入りの (おきにいりの, o-ki-ni-iri-no), 最も好きな (もっともすきな, mottomo-suki-na), 大好きな (だいすきな, dai-suki na) Latvian: mīļākais Malay: kegemaran Maori: rorotu Norman: favori (Jersey) Norwegian: favoritt, yndlings Polish: ulubiony (pl) Portuguese: favorito (pt), preferido, predileto Romanian: favorit (ro) m, favorită (ro) f Russian: люби́мый (ru) (ljubímyj), излю́бленный (ru) (izljúblennyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̀миљен, најдражи Roman: òmiljen (sh), najdraži (sh) Spanish: favorito (es), preferido (es), predilecto (es) Swahili: kipenzi (sw) Swedish: favorit- (sv), älsklings- (sv) Turkish: en sevdiği, gözde (tr) Vietnamese: được ưa thích

Noun

favorite (plural favorites) (US)

1. preferred one, one with special favor

   The teacher's favorite always went first.

   Antonym: unfavorite

2. expected or most probable to win

   He's the favorite, he'll probably be elected.

   Synonym: top dog

3. (Internet) a bookmark in a web browser

Related terms

• favor
• favorable
• favour

 

Translations

preferred one, one with special favor

American Sign Language: Open8@Chin-PalmBack Contact Contact Finnish: suosikki (fi), lellikki (fi) French: chouchou (fr), préféré (fr) German: Liebling (de) m, Favorit (de) m Greek: προτίμηση (el) f (protímisi) Icelandic: uppáhald (is) n Indonesian: favorit (id)

Italian: favorito (it) m Maori: makau, whakapuhi, paruhi Polish: ulubieniec (pl) m Portuguese: preferido m, favorito (pt) m Spanish: favorito (es) m Swedish: favorit (sv) c Turkish: gözde (tr)

expected or most probable to win

Finnish: ennakkosuosikki French: favori (fr) German: Favorit (de) Greek: φαβορί (el) n (favorí) Italian: favorito (it) m Polish: faworyt (pl) m

Portuguese: favorito (pt) m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: фаво̀рӣт m Roman: favòrīt (sh) m Swedish: favorit (sv) c Turkish: gözde (tr)

Verb

favorite (third-person singular simple present favorites, present participle favoriting, simple past and past participle favorited) (US)

1. Alternative form of favor
2. (Internet) to bookmark
3. (Internet) to add to one's list of favorites on a website that allows users to compile such lists

   Antonym: unfavorite

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /favorˈite/
• Rhymes: -ite

Adverb

favorite

1. past adverbial passive participle of favori

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.vɔ.ʁit/

Adjective

favorite

1. feminine singular of favori

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /favoˈrite/

Verb

favorite

1. adverbial past passive participle of favorar

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Italian

Adjective

favorite f pl

1. Feminine plural of adjective favorito.

Noun

favorite f

1. plural of favorita

Verb

favorite

1. feminine plural past participle of favorire
2. second-person plural present indicative of favorire
3. second-person plural imperative of favorire

Anagrams

• foratevi

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Norman

Adjective

favorite

1. feminine singular of favori