favourite
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Attested from the 1580s, borrowed from Middle French favorit, from Old French favorit or Italian favorito (“favoured, favourite”), past participle of Italian favorire (“to favor”), from favore, from Latin favor (“good will, favor”), from the verb faveō (“to favour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Doublet of favori.
Inflected forms:
form: more favourite
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most favourite
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: favouritemost
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: favouritest
pos: adj
tags: nonstandard
superlative
form: favorite
pos: adj
tags: alternative
US
form: favourites
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: favorite
pos: noun
tags: alternative
US
form: favourites
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: favouriting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: favourited
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: favourited
pos: verb
tags: past
form: favorite
pos: verb
tags: alternative
US
Senses:
gloss: Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
pos: adj
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
superlative
examples: This is my favourite day!
I saw a hilariously funny movie with all of my favourite comedians in it.
The Nanny is one of Pippa's favourite shows, but tonight the pleasure of mindlessly blobbing out in her usual Sunday-laid-back-luxury style...
Then there are the characters Rudd describes as “the full-on buffoons”, such as reporter Brian Fantana in Anchorman, who gives names to his testicles and – still my favourite Rudd performance – Andy the obnoxious summer camp counsellor in cult 2001 comedy Wet Hot American Summer, which is being revived on Netflix this summer, in which Rudd will co-star alongside original cast members including Poehler and Bradley Cooper.
gloss: Liked, cherished.
pos: adj
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
positive
examples: What joy has this dog in miſchief!—More than I can have in the completion of my moſt favourite purpoſes!
gloss: A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
examples: The teacher's favourite always went first.
gloss: A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
gloss: A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
examples: You were my favourite to win the spelling competition.
She's the favourite, she'll probably be elected.
Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.
gloss: A bookmark on a web browser or website.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Internet
Ireland
UK
gloss: A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
in-plural
examples: the Favourites hang loose upon the Temples with a languishing Lock in the middle
gloss: To favour.
pos: verb
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
gloss: To bookmark.
pos: verb
tags: Commonwealth
Internet
Ireland
UK
gloss: To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
pos: verb
tags: Commonwealth
Internet
Ireland
UK
Related words: favor
favorable
favour
Derived words: favicon
favouritemost
favouritest
favouritism
hot favourite
mass favourite
unbackable favourite
fave
Translations:
lang: Hungarian
word: kedvencek közé felvesz/ment
lang: Hungarian
word: kedvencekhez hozzáad/felvesz
lang: Portuguese
word: favoritar
lang: Swedish
word: favoritmarkera