different between favour vs favourable
favour
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fe?.v?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?fe?.v?/
- Rhymes: -e?v?(?)
- Hyphenation: fa?vour
Noun
favour (countable and uncountable, plural favours)
- (British spelling) Standard spelling of favor.
Derived terms
- out of favour
Translations
Verb
favour (third-person singular simple present favours, present participle favouring, simple past and past participle favoured)
- (British spelling) Standard spelling of favor.
- 1611, KJV, Luke 1:28:
- "And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." —
- 1611, KJV, Luke 1:28:
Usage notes
- Favour is the standard British and Commonwealth spelling. Favor is the standard American spelling, and an alternative in Canada.
Translations
Old French
Noun
favour f (oblique plural favours, nominative singular favour, nominative plural favours)
- Late Anglo-Norman spelling of favor
favour From the web:
- what favours the production of peat
- what favourite
- what favours the brave
- what flavour
- what favours the bold
- what favourite colour says about you
- what favourite colour
- what favourite food
favourable
English
Alternative forms
- favorable (American)
Etymology
Middle English, from Old French favorable, from Latin favorabilis, from favor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fe?v(?)??b?l/
Adjective
favourable (comparative more favourable, superlative most favourable)
- Pleasing, encouraging or approving.
- Synonyms: approving, encouraging, good, pleasing
- Antonyms: bad, discouraging, displeasing, unfavorable
- Useful or helpful.
- Synonyms: advantageous, helpful, useful
- Antonym: unhelpful
- Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune.
- Synonyms: convenient, good, handy, opportune, suitable
- Antonyms: bad, inconvenient, inopportune, unsuitable
- Auspicious or lucky.
- Synonyms: auspicious, fortunate, lucky
- Antonyms: inauspicious, unfavourable, unlucky
Derived terms
- unfavourable
Related terms
- favour
- favourably
Translations
favourable From the web:
- what favourable personality do i have
- what favourable meaning in english
- favourable meaning
- what's favourable in german
- what favourable climate mean
- what is favourable balance of trade
- what does favourable balance of trade refer to
- what is favourable for physical adsorption
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