Favour

Alternative forms

 * favor

Etymology
favour:, mainland favor:, from  favor:

Noun

 * 1) A piece of help, usually to be repaid
 * I need a favour. Could you lend me 5 dollars til tomorrow, please?

Translations

 * Basque: mesede, fabore
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: favoro
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 好意 (こうい)
 * Korean: 도움,양보 (doum, yang-bo)
 * Russian: услуга, одолжение
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1) To look upon fondly; to prefer.
 * 2) * Most Favoured Nation status
 * 3) * "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." &mdash;Luke 1:28, King James version, 1611
 * 4) To do a favour (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward.
 * 5) * "Would you favour us with a poetry reading?"

Derived terms

 * favourable
 * favoured
 * favourite
 * favouritism

Noun


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