favo

English

Etymology

From favorite +‎ -o.

Noun

favo (plural favos)

1. (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

favo (comparative more favo, superlative most favo)

1. (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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin favus.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

favo (uncountable, accusative favon)

1. ringworm, scurf

Galician

Favo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese favo, from Latin favus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaβo̝/

Noun

favo m (plural favos)

1. honeycomb

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “favo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “favo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “favo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin favus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.vo/
• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: fà‧vo

Noun

favo m (plural favi)

1. honeycomb (bee's)

Latin

Noun

favō

1. dative/ablative singular of favus

References

• 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

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese favo, from Latin favus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.bu/ [ˈfa.βu]

• Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu
• Hyphenation: fa‧vo

Noun

favo m (plural favos)

1. honeycomb

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:favo.