# favorit
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian favorito.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [fə.βuˈɾit]
* IPA: (Balearic) [fə.vuˈɾit]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fa.voˈɾit]
* Rhymes: -it

### Adjective

favorit (feminine favorita, masculine plural favorits, feminine plural favorites)
* favourite

### Noun

favorit m (plural favorits, feminine favorita)
* favourite

#### Related terms

* afavorir

### Further reading

* “favorit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “favorit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “favorit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “favorit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Etymology

From French favori.

### Noun

favorit c (definite singular favoritten, indefinite plural favoritter, definite plural favoritterne)
* (sports) front runner, the expected champion

### Adjective

favorit
* favourite
    Min favorit by er København. - My favourite city is Copenhagen.

### References

* “favorit” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From German Favorit (“favourite”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɒvorit]
* Hyphenation: fa‧vo‧rit
* Rhymes: -it

### Noun

favorit (plural favoritok)
* favourite, front runner (contestant or competitor thought most likely to win)
    Synonym: kedvenc
** 2016, Lajos Szabó, Magyar olimpiai sikerek 1896–2012: Athéntól Londonig, Budapest: Kossuth Kiadó, →ISSN, page 47:Vívásban az igazi meglepetést tulajdonképpen Elek Ilona szolgáltatta. Korabeli feljegyzések szerint az első számú esélyessel vívott asszójánál a gyengébb idegzetűek elhagyták a termet. Ki volt a favorit? Helene Mayer, egy Amerikából hazahívott, zsidó származású német vívónő.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* favorit in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* favorit in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch favoriet, from Middle French favorit, from Old French favorit or Italian favorito (“favoured, favourite”), past participle of Italian favorire (“to favor”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faˈvorit/, [faˈvorɪt̚]
* Hyphenation: fa‧vo‧rit

### Noun

favorit
* favourite:
** a person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
    Synonyms: kesayangan, kegemaran
** a contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
* (Internet) bookmark
    Synonyms: markah, penanda, tanda

#### Derived terms

* terfavorit

### Further reading

* “favorit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French favorit.

### Adjective

favorit m or n (feminine singular favorită, masculine plural favoriți, feminine and neuter plural favorite)
* favourite

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faʋǒriːt/
* Hyphenation: fa‧vo‧rit

### Noun

favòrīt m (Cyrillic spelling фаво̀рӣт)
* favourite (in a competition, usually sports)

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From French favori.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iːt

### Noun

favorit c
* favourite
    Synonym: (colloquial) favvis

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | favorit | favorits |
| singular | definite | favoriten | favoritens |
| plural | indefinite | favoriter | favoriters |
| plural | definite | favoriterna | favoriternas |

#### Derived terms

* favoritartist
* favoritbok
* favoritfilm
* favoritfärg
* favoritförfattare
* favoritgren
* favorithobby
* favoritkandidat
* favoritkrog
* favoritlag
* favoritlektyr
* favoritlåt
* favoritmat
* favoritmelodi
* favoritmotiv
* favoritmusik
* favoritplagg
* favoritplats
* favoritrecept
* favoriträtt
* favoritskap
* favoritsport
* favoritställe
* favoritsysselsättning
* favoritsystem
* favorittema
* favorittillhåll
* favorittippad
* favorittryck
* favorittyngd
* favorituttryck
* favoritämne
* förhandsfavorit
* guldfavorit
* hemmafavorit
* kritikerfavorit
* publikfavorit
* storfavorit
* tittarfavorit

#### Related terms

* favorisera
* favoritism

### Further reading

* favorit in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker