favorable

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

favorable (comparative more favorable, superlative most favorable)

1. (American spelling) Standard spelling of favourable.

Derived terms

• unfavorable

 

Related terms

• favor
• favorably
• favorite

 

Translations

favourable — see favourable

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin favorābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fə.βuˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fə.voˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [fa.voˈɾa.ble]

Adjective

favorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural favorables)

1. favourable

Derived terms

• favorablement

Further reading

• “favorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “favorable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “favorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “favorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin favorābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/

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Adjective

favorable (plural favorables)

1. favourable, favorable

   Antonym: hostile

   • 1874, François P. L. Pollen, D. C. van Dam, Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses dépendances, page 30:

     Dès qu’ils aperçoivent un caret ou une tortue franche, ils tachent de les avoir à portée et dans le moment favorable ils lancent avec une adresse étonnante un des harpons en visant sur la tête ou la queue pour ne pas dommager les plaques latérales; qui dans les carets font la valeur de l’animal.

     As soon as they spot a loggerhead turtle or a green sea turtle, they try to get it within range, and when the time is right they launch with astonishing dexterity one of the harpoons, aiming for the head or the tail so as not to damage the side plates, which in turtles the value of the animal is found.

Related terms

• faveur
• favorablement

Further reading

• “favorable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• favorábel

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis.

Adjective

favorable m or f (plural favorables)

1. favorable

Derived terms

• favorablemente

Further reading

• “favorable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Middle English

Adjective

favorable

1. Alternative form of favourable

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

favorable m (feminine singular favorabla, masculine plural favorables, feminine plural favorablas)

1. favorable

Derived terms

• desfavorable
• favorablament

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin favorābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faboˈɾable/ [fa.β̞oˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: fa‧vo‧ra‧ble

Adjective

favorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural favorables)

1. favorable

Derived terms

• favorablemente

 

Further reading

• “favorable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014