# 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

#### Conjugation

$^1$ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

#### 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

#### 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