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favorable

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English favourable, from Old French favorable, from Latin favōrābilis, from favor. By surface analysis, favor +‎ -able.

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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfeɪ.vɚ.əbl/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: fav‧or‧able

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favorable (comparative more favorable, superlative most favorable)

  1. US standard spelling of favourable.
    • 1871, Ohio State Medical Society, Transactions of the Annual Meeting, page 135:
      The conditions favorable to health and life of the indigines of the poles or the north temperate zones are destructive to the indigines of the tropical, and vice versa.

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Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin favorābilis.

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favorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural favorables)

  1. favourable

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French

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Etymology

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From Latin favorābilis.

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  • IPA(key): /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/
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  • Hyphenation: fa‧vo‧rable

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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.
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Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin favorabilis.

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

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favorable m or f (plural favorables)

  1. favorable

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Middle English

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favorable

  1. Alternative form of favourable

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin favorabilis.

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

  1. favorable

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin favorābilis.

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

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favorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural favorables)

  1. favorable

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