favorit

See also: Favorit

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian favorito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fə.βuˈɾit]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fə.vuˈɾit]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fa.voˈɾit]
• Rhymes: -it

Adjective

favorit (feminine favorita, masculine plural favorits, feminine plural favorites)

1. favourite

Noun

favorit m (plural favorits, feminine favorita)

1. favourite

Related terms

• afavorir

Further reading

• “favorit”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “favorit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “favorit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “favorit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From French favori.

Noun

favorit c (definite singular favoritten, indefinite plural favoritter, definite plural favoritterne)

1. (sports) front runner, the expected champion

Adjective

favorit

1. favourite

   Min favorit by er København. - My favourite city is Copenhagen.

References

• “favorit” in Den Danske Ordbog

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Favorit (“favourite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒvorit]
• Hyphenation: fa‧vo‧rit
• Rhymes: -it

Noun

favorit (plural favoritok)

1. favourite, front runner (contestant or competitor thought most likely to win)

   Synonym: kedvenc

   • 2016, Lajos Szabó, Magyar olimpiai sikerek 1896–2012: Athéntól Londonig, Budapest: Kossuth Kiadó, →ISSN, page 47:

     Vívásban az igazi meglepetést tulajdonképpen Elek Ilona szolgáltatta. Korabeli feljegyzések szerint az első számú esélyessel vívott asszójánál a gyengébb idegzetűek elhagyták a termet. Ki volt a favorit? Helene Mayer, egy Amerikából hazahívott, zsidó származású német vívónő.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	favorit	favoritok
accusative	favoritot	favoritokat
dative	favoritnak	favoritoknak
instrumental	favorittal	favoritokkal
causal-final	favoritért	favoritokért
translative	favorittá	favoritokká
terminative	favoritig	favoritokig
essive-formal	favoritként	favoritokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	favoritban	favoritokban
superessive	favoriton	favoritokon
adessive	favoritnál	favoritoknál
illative	favoritba	favoritokba
sublative	favoritra	favoritokra
allative	favorithoz	favoritokhoz
elative	favoritból	favoritokból
delative	favoritról	favoritokról
ablative	favorittól	favoritoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	favorité	favoritoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	favoritéi	favoritokéi

Possessive forms of favorit

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	favoritom	favoritjaim
2nd person sing.	favoritod	favoritjaid
3rd person sing.	favoritja	favoritjai
1st person plural	favoritunk	favoritjaink
2nd person plural	favoritotok	favoritjaitok
3rd person plural	favoritjuk	favoritjaik

Further reading

• favorit in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• favorit in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch favoriet, from Middle French favorit, from Old French favorit or Italian favorito (“favoured, favourite”), past participle of Italian favorire (“to favor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈvorit/, [faˈvorɪt̚]
• Hyphenation: fa‧vo‧rit

Noun

favorit (plural favorit-favorit)

1. favourite:
   1. a person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour

      Synonyms: kesayangan, kegemaran

   2. a contestant or competitor thought most likely to win
2. (Internet) bookmark

   Synonyms: markah, penanda, tanda

Conjugation

Conjugation of favorit (meng-, transitive)

root	favorit
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2	mengfavoritkan		difavoritkan	favoritkan	favoritkanlah
	causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• terfavorit

Adjective

favorit (comparative lebih favorit, superlative paling favorit)

1. favourite

Further reading

• “favorit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French favorit.

Adjective

favorit m or n (feminine singular favorită, masculine plural favoriți, feminine and neuter plural favorite)

1. favourite

Declension

Declension of favorit

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	favorit		favorită		favoriți	favorite
	definite	favoritul		favorita		favoriții	favoritele
genitive- dative	indefinite	favorit		favorite		favoriți	favorite
	definite	favoritului		favoritei		favoriților	favoritelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faʋǒriːt/
• Hyphenation: fa‧vo‧rit

Noun

favòrīt m (Cyrillic spelling фаво̀рӣт)

1. favourite (in a competition, usually sports)

Declension

Declension of favorit

	singular	plural
nominative	favòrīt	favoriti
genitive	favoríta	favorita
dative	favoritu	favoritima
accusative	favorita	favorite
vocative	favorite	favoriti
locative	favoritu	favoritima
instrumental	favoritom	favoritima

Swedish

Etymology

From French favori.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

favorit c

1. favourite

   Synonym: (colloquial) favvis

Declension

Declension of favorit

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	favorit	favorits
	definite	favoriten	favoritens
plural	indefinite	favoriter	favoriters
	definite	favoriterna	favoriternas

Derived terms

• favoritartist
• favoritbok
• favoritfilm
• favoritfärg
• favoritförfattare
• favoritgren
• favorithobby
• favoritkandidat
• favoritkrog
• favoritlag
• favoritlektyr
• favoritlåt
• favoritmat
• favoritmelodi
• favoritmotiv
• favoritmusik
• favoritplagg
• favoritplats
• favoritrecept
• favoriträtt
• favoritskap
• favoritsport
• favoritställe
• favoritsysselsättning
• favoritsystem
• favorittema
• favorittillhåll
• favorittippad
• favorittryck
• favorittyngd
• favorituttryck
• favoritämne
• förhandsfavorit
• guldfavorit
• hemmafavorit
• kritikerfavorit
• publikfavorit
• storfavorit
• tittarfavorit

Related terms

• favorisera
• favoritism

Further reading

• favorit in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker