favo
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
favo (plural favos)
- (colloquial) clipping of favorite.
- 1998 June 11, SilverWolf, “Aliens movies”, in alt.horror.werewolves (Usenet):
- I like mostly all sci-fi movies, but the Alien-saga is one of my favo's. My favo part of the serie's is part II, BTW.
- 1999 July 5, diasp...@my-dejanews.com, “Kind...gentel sca...perhaps?”, in soc.culture.algeria (Usenet):
- M. Mameri, writer Da el Mouloud is one of my favo too.
- 2001 March 9, lollo, “My favo”, in alt.pantyhose (Usenet):
- This Is my favo........
Adjective edit
favo (comparative more favo, superlative most favo)
- (colloquial) clipping of favorite.
- 1998 June 11, SilverWolf, “Aliens movies”, in alt.horror.werewolves (Usenet):
- I like mostly all sci-fi movies, but the Alien-saga is one of my favo's. My favo part of the serie's is part II, BTW.
- 1999 October 20, diasp...@my-deja.com, “att : my favo schizo!!”, in soc.culture.algeria (Usenet):
- Well, my favo schizo has different names. Let us see: dukie, milo, slobo, hitler..etc.
- 2006 June 21, Frans-Jan v. Steenbeek, “Sound in multiple Linux progs”, in lucky.freebsd.emulation (Usenet):
- But as long as I can play my favo MP3-collection, I'm satisfied.
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
favo (uncountable, accusative favon)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese favo, from Latin favus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
favo m (plural favos)
References edit
- “favo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “favo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “favo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin favus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
favo m (plural favi)
- honeycomb (bee's)
Latin edit
Noun edit
favō
References edit
- favo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese favo, from Latin favus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
favo m (plural favos)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:favo.