See also: fåve

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From favorite or favourite, by shortening.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fave

  1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK).
    • 2010 September, St. Louis magazine, volume 16, number 9, →ISSN, page 8:
      At stlmag.com this month
      Select articles from this issue
      An editors' podcast
      A Google Map of our Best Dressed winners' fave shops
    • 2020 September 27, Christy Stratton & Jeremy Rowley, “Violet's Secret” (: from the start), in Bless the Harts[1], season 2, episode 1, spoken by Jenny Hart (Kristen Wiig):
      “She's entered the privacy phase. The rebellion has started, Jenny. Violet is lost to us!” “Oh, don't be so dramatic. She's still our little girl. Watch this. Vi, 90-Day Beyoncé is coming on. Fave garbage-y reality show. Want to watch ironically... while I watch unironically?” “Nope, bye.” “See?”

Translations

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Noun

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fave (plural faves)

  1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK)

Verb

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fave (third-person singular simple present faves, present participle faving, simple past and past participle faved)

  1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK)

Antonyms

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin faba.

Noun

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fave f (plural favis)

  1. broad bean
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Italian

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fave f

  1. plural of fava

Latin

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Verb

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favē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of faveō

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