favorable

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: fav‧or‧able

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• unfavorable

 

Related terms

• favor
• favorably
• favorite

 

Translations

favourable — see favourable

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin favorābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fə.βuˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fə.voˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fa.voˈɾa.ble]

Adjective

favorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural favorables)

1. favourable

Derived terms

• favorablement

Further reading

• “favorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “favorable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “favorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “favorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin favorābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: fa‧vo‧rable

Adjective

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.

Related terms

• faveur
• favorablement

Further reading

• “favorable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• favorábel

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

favorable m or f (plural favorables)

1. favorable

Derived terms

• favorablemente

 

Further reading

• “favorable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Middle English

Adjective

favorable

1. Alternative form of favourable

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

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

1. favorable

Derived terms

• desfavorable
• favorablament

 

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin favorābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faboˈɾable/ [fa.β̞oˈɾa.β̞le]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: fa‧vo‧ra‧ble

Adjective

favorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural favorables)

1. favorable

Derived terms

• favorablemente

 

Further reading

• “favorable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10