favorite

See also: Favorite

English

Alternative forms

• fav'rite (archaic or poetic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪvɹɪt

Adjective

favorite (comparative more favorite, superlative most favorite)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of favourite
   • 2003, Kristen Heitzmann, The Still of Night, page 84:

     Mom made her favorite oatmeal no-bakes and Rice Krispies treats. The good thing about being sick was she could eat anything she wanted.

Noun

favorite (plural favorites)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of favourite
   • 1998, Barry Leonard, Cyber Risk '97: Conference Proceedings:

     Has direct links to update good and bad lists, customized favorites with childsafe sites, easy installation from one CD.

Verb

favorite (third-person singular simple present favorites, present participle favoriting, simple past and past participle favorited)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of favourite
   • 2009, Grekkikay, post on how to critique art; quoted in Linda Vigdor, “Constructing Learning through the Creative Evaluation of Visual Arts Production”, in Hiesun Cecilia Suhr, editor, Online Evaluation of Creativity and the Arts (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture), New York, N.Y., London: Routledge, 2015, section “Creative Evaluation as Practiced in Three Critique Environments”, exhibit 2 (DeviantArt.com), pages 87–88:

     While I myself have no problems as far as favoriting instead of commenting is concerned, since a lot of deviants are like this, I thought it was right to tell people how to comment correctly.

   • 2020 August 12, Annie Karni, Jeremy W. Peters, “Her Voice? Her Name? G.O.P.’s Raw Personal Attacks on Kamala Harris”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     On Twitter, Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, favorited a tweet, which was later deleted, that referred to Ms. Harris as a “whorendous pick.”

Derived terms

• cofavorite
• favo
• favoritest
• favoritism
• favoritize
• nonfavorite
• unfavorite

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /favorˈite/
• Rhymes: -ite

Adverb

favorite

1. past adverbial passive participle of favori

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.vɔ.ʁit/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

favorite f (plural favorites)

1. female equivalent of favori

Adjective

favorite

1. feminine singular of favori

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /favoˈrite/

Verb

favorite

1. adverbial past passive participle of favorar

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

favorite f pl

1. feminine plural of favorito

Participle

favorite f pl

1. feminine plural of favorito

Etymology 2

Noun

favorite f

1. plural of favorita

Etymology 3

Verb

favorite

1. inflection of favorire:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• foratevi, forviate

Norman

Adjective

favorite

1. feminine singular of favori