fave

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From favorite or favourite, by shortening

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feɪv/
  • Rhymes: -eɪv

Adjective

fave

  1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK).
    • 2010 September, St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 8:
      At stlmag.com this month
      • Select articles from this issue
      • An editors' podcast
      • A Google Map of our Best Dressed winners' fave shops

Translations

Noun

fave (plural faves)

  1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK)

Verb

fave (third-person singular simple present faves, present participle faving, simple past and past participle faved)

  1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK)

Antonyms

  • unfave

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin faba.

Noun

fave f (plural favis)

  1. broad bean
  • favâl

Italian

Noun

fave f

  1. plural of fava

Latin

Verb

favē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of faveō

References

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