English Online Dictionary. What means favour? What does favour mean?
English
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: fa‧vour
Noun
favour (countable and uncountable, plural favours)
- British standard spelling of favor.
Translations
Verb
favour (third-person singular simple present favours, present participle favouring, simple past and past participle favoured)
- British standard spelling of favor.
Usage notes
- Favour is the standard British and Commonwealth spelling. Favor is the standard American spelling.
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- faver, favor, favoure, ffavour, fovour
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman favour, favur, from Latin favor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faːˈvuːr/, /ˈfaːvur/
Noun
favour (uncountable)
- goodwill, benevolent regard
- assistance, support, aid
- attractiveness, beauty
- partiality, prejudice
- (rare) forgiveness, lenience
Related terms
- favourable
- favourere
- favouren
Descendants
- English: favor, favour (Commonwealth, Ireland)
- → Welsh: ffafr
References
- “fāvǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Noun
favour oblique singular, f (oblique plural favours, nominative singular favour, nominative plural favours)
- Late Anglo-Norman spelling of favor