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Definition: Favor |
FavorNoun1. An act of gracious kindness. 2. An advantage to the benefit of someone or something; "the outcome was in his favor". 3. An inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season". 4. A feeling of favorable regard. 5. Souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party. Verb1. Promote over another. 2. Consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored". 3. Treat gently or carefully. 4. Bestow a privilege upon. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "favor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream that you ask favors of anyone, denotes that you will enjoy abundance, and that you will not especially need anything. To grant favors, means a loss. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Favor, Resemble. The use of the word favor in the sense of resemble is a provincialism that should be avoided. "The son favors the father" is correct if the meaning be that the son shows favor or kindness to the father; but if reference to their similarity of appearance is intended, the verb resemble should be employed. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Synonyms: FavorSynonyms: party favor (n), party favour (n), favour (v), prefer (v), privilege (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Aid | Second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with; (cooperate). |
Patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy. | |
Correspondence | Noun: correspondence, letter, epistle, note, billet, post card, missive, circular, favor, billet-doux; chit, chitty, letter card, picture post card; postal, card; despatch; dispatch; bulletin, these presents; rescript, rescription; post; (messenger). |
Giving | Gift, donation, present, cadeau; fairing; free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation; lagniappe, pilon. |
Indication | Heraldry, crest; coat of arms, arms; armorial bearings, hatchment; escutcheon, scutcheon; shield, supporters; livery, uniform; epaulet, chevron; garland, love knot, favor. |
Lenity | Noun: lenity, lenience, leniency; moderation; tolerance, toleration; mildness, gentleness; favor, indulgence, indulgency; clemency, mercy, forbearance, quarter; compassion. |
Permission | Verb: permit; give permission; Noun: give power; let, allow, admit; suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize; concede; accord, vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point; wink at, connive at; shut one's eyes to. |
Noun: permission, leave; allowance, sufferance; tolerance, toleration; liberty, law, license, concession, grace; indulgence; (lenity); favor, dispensation, exemption, release; connivance; vouchsafement. | |
Repute | In good odor in; favor, in high favor; reputable, respectable, creditable. |
Similarity | Verb: be similar; Adjective: look like, resemble, bear resemblance; smack of, savor of; approximate; parallel, match, rhyme with; take after; imitate; favor, span. |
Wrong | Partiality, leaning, bias; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit, partisanship; bigotry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Mr. Corleone never asks a second favor once he's refused the first, understood (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo.) You could argue he'd done it to curry favor with the guards (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) Oh, do me a favor. (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) C'mon, do me this one favor. (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) You still have your gun, so use it. Just do me a favor, don't shoot it out the window (Léon; writing credit: Luc Besson) | |
Lyrics | Then my next door neighbor with a daughter had a favor ("Walk This Way"; performing artist: Aerosmith) Doin' you a favor I hardly knew you were there (Hard Habit to Break; performing artist: Chicago) Lord,I got to ask a favor (Blaze Of Glory; performing artist: Jon Bon Jovi) All types of paper, I'm doin you a favor (Firm All Stars; performing artist: The Firm) I need y'all to do me a favor (911; performing artist: Wyclef Jean) | |
Clever | Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. (references; author: Mark Twain) Do for others with no desire of returned favor. We all should plant some trees we'll never sit under. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Favor correrse atrás (1974) A Very Special Favor (1965) Por favor Sonría (1964) Do Someone a Favor! (1954) For Woman's Favor (1924) | |
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 | A coral fragment reattached using the experimental plastic ties that were later discarded in favor of stainless steel wire that could be tightened more securely. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | I'm bound to say, sir, that the appearances are in favor of you--. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The closing days of the Senate present their customary arguments in favor of a revision of the Senate rules. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | All those in favor of restricting trade with Cuba --. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | "You can do a favor for me - rub out any gun control legislation" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Virginia - a family of Negroes, who do not favor the exodus, returning from a purchasing trip to New Market / from a sketch by Joseph Becker. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Final inter-city championship game, White Autos vs. Omaha "Luxus" team, Brookside Stadium, Oct. 10, 1915, score, 11 to 6 in favor of White Autos, attendance over 100,000. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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 | Noisemaker; party favor; . |
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| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Most people are in favor of progress, it's the changes they don't like. |
Charles Dickens | He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two. |
Ovid | Fortune and love favor the brave. |
Publilius Syrus | To refuse graciously is to confer a favor. |
| When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company. | |
| When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all. | |
Seneca | A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor. |
Theodore Roosevelt | Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor. |
Virgil | Look with favor upon a bold beginning. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Congress, on the 21st of February, 1787, adopted a resolution in favor of a convention, and the Legislatures of those States which had not already done so (with the exception of Rhode Island) promptly appointed delegates. (reference) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment VI. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. (Abraham Lincoln) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Count Beug__ was received there by favor. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I took leave of my noble protector, who had shown me so much favor and made me a generous present at my departure |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The U.S. Government does not endorse or favor any specific commercial product or comany. (references) | |
Scientists favor the spinal cord for studying the CNS because it is simpler than the brain. (references) | ||
For this reason, the term "Klinefelter syndrome" has fallen out of favor with medical researchers. (references) | ||
Business | The tax situation on cars does not favor imports. (references) | |
These segments are inclined to favor quality over price. (references) | ||
End-users will favor large, multi-colored and “artistic-looking” ceramic tiles. (references) | ||
Children | Nigeria | Many families favor boys over girls in deciding which children to enroll in secondary and elementary schools. (references) |
Greece | The idea of setting up satellite elementary schools near Romani camps has been set aside in favor of the policy of integration (except for preschool centers). (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Mozambique | All evidenced consistent bias in favor of their shareholders. (references) |
Discrimination | Burkina Faso | Minority ethnic groups, like the majority Mossi, are represented in the inner circles of the Government, and government decisions do not favor one group over another. (references) |
Economic History | Kenya | However, quality standards favor U.S. wheat. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Low-priced-products favor the import of used clothing. (references) | |
Human Rights | Russia | Criminal procedures were weighted heavily in favor of the procurator. (references) |
Tunisia | The court found in favor of the plaintiffs and the LTDH appealed the verdict. (references) | |
Philippines | Some lawyers act as "case fixers," gaining the favor of judges and other court officials and allegedly bribing some witnesses. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Honduras | The courts commonly deny legal recourse to indigenous groups and often show bias in favor of nonindigenous parties of means and influence. (references) |
Colombia | The U'wa had filed several court challenges to drilling, and succeeded in winning brief delays before appeal courts ruled in favor of the Government's arrangement with Occidental. (references) | |
Canada | Despite the Quebec Premier's recent overtures to the leaders of the Cree and Inuit nations, surveys indicate that most of Quebec's 60,000 Indians would favor partition of the province in the event of Quebec's separation from Canada. (references) | |
Minorities | Oman | Some public institutions reportedly favor hiring members of one or another regional, tribal, or religious group. (references) |
Cameroon | The large size and centralized character of the public sector has long been perceived widely to favor these groups. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Some Hindus report that Muslims tend to favor Hindus in some other professions as well, such as doctors, lawyers, and accountants. (references) | |
Political Economy | Barbados | Both favor private sector-led growth. (references) |
KUWAIT | Policies favor Kuwaiti citizens and Kuwaiti-owned companies. (references) | |
Jamaica | All major political parties favor attracting foreign investment. (references) | |
Political Rights | Central African Republic | Some of the registration irregularities tended to favor the ruling party. (references) |
Uganda | On July 17, the High Court ruled in favor of Byanyima and ordered the recount stayed indefinitely. (references) | |
Malawi | In October 2000, the Supreme Court of Appeal upheld the High Court ruling in favor of the President. (references) | |
Trade | Mexico | These standards tend to favor European manufacturers. (references) |
Costa Rica | Costa Rica's state-owned banks have been known to favor businesses with majority Costa Rican ownership. (references) | |
Kuwait | U.S. firms can work through their agents to assign the proceeds of the contract in favor of the local bank. (references) | |
Travel | South Africa | Men tend to favor medium or heavy woolen suits for year-round wear. (references) |
Korea | As most no-ray-bang machines come equipped with songs in English, a business person may want to be prepared to sing at least one song in order to gain social favor with their Korean counterpart. (references) | |
Bahamas | Local cuisine tends to favor freshly caught seafood, particularly using grouper, lobster (locally known as "crawfish"), and conch (a Caribbean shellfish), but American and ethnic cuisine such as Chinese and Italian are also available. (references) | |
Women | Bahamas | Some inheritance laws also favor men over women. (references) |
Uganda | Approximately 60 percent voted in favor of the referendum. (references) | |
Costa Rica | It also denies the perpetrator possession of the family home in favor of the victim. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Syria | Such committees usually find in favor of the employee. (references) |
Guinea-Bissau | The law does not favor UNTGB-affiliated unions over others. (references) | |
China | Workers appear to favor to arbitration over workplace mediation. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs. The first mention of frogs in profane literature is in Homer's narrative of the war between them and the mice. Skeptical persons have doubted Homer's authorship of the work, but the learned, ingenious and industrious Dr. Schliemann has set the question forever at rest by uncovering the bones of the slain frogs. One of the forms of moral suasion by which Pharaoh was besought to favor the Israelities was a plague of frogs, but Pharaoh, who liked them fricasees, remarked, with truly oriental stoicism, that he could stand it as long as the frogs and the Jews could; so the programme was changed. The frog is a diligent songster, having a good voice but no ear. The libretto of his favorite opera, as written by Aristophanes, is brief, simple and effective -- "brekekex-koax"; the music is apparently by that eminent composer, Richard Wagner. Horses have a frog in each hoof -- a thoughtful provision of nature, enabling them to shine in a hurdle race. |
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Andrew Weil | Well, I'm not in favor of an outright ban, but I'm certainly in favor of trying to ban products that claim that this is a safe method for weight loss. It isn't. Or that's a good thing to take for energy. It isn't. |
Art Linkletter | I do what a lot of people do in America. I give it away. I give it away to all kinds of charities and have and I continue. I favor children's charities, orphans, discouraged children, the Children's Bureau of Los Angeles, where my wife is very active. |
Judy Sheindlin | Totally. Be very careful about your answer, sir. I want you to do me a favor. I want you to, in a moment, get me the name of the best psychiatrists that we can find here, because this man clearly is psychotic. |
Mark Shields | Mr. Card, in the first week of October President Bush became the first Republican president to declare in favor and support of a free Palestinian state. |
Rush Limbaugh | Cut the Taxes for People Who Pay: The political battle over the tax cut plan has centered on charges that it tilts too heavily in favor of upper-income taxpayers. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Because a single assembly, possessed of all the powers of government, would make arbitrary laws for their own interest, execute all laws arbitrarily for their own interest, and adjudge all controversies in their own favor. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | But under a state of things which may favor reconsideration they have been recently pressed, and an expectation is entertained that they may now soon be brought to an issue of some sort. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Here too experience has afforded us the most satisfactory proof in its favor. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Although this plan has met with favor in some portions of the Union, it has also elicited objections which merit deliberate consideration. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | Any policy which shall tend to favor monopolies or the peculiar interests of sections or classes must operate to the prejudice of the interest of their fellow-citizens, and should be avoided. |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | Laws are to govern all alike--those opposed as well as those who favor them. |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | We are all in favor of having it built as promptly as possible. |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | I accept my part with single-mindedness of purpose and humility of spirit, and implore the favor and guidance of God in His Heaven. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | History does not favor a single system or belief-unless force is used to make it so. |
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| "Favor" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 68.12% of the time. "Favor" is used about 69 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 68.12% | 47 | 49,740 |
| Noun (singular) | 26.09% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.9% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.9% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 69 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "favor" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Favor | Last name | 400 | 21,603 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "favor". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Tehinnah | N/A | Biblical | A favor |
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Expressions using "favor": a fair field and no favor ♦ array favor polls ♦ as a favor ♦ ask a favor of smb. ♦ bask in smb.'s favor ♦ be in favor ♦ be in favor of ♦ be out of favor ♦ be weighted in favor of smb. ♦ beg a favor of smb. ♦ bestow a favor ♦ By one's favor ♦ carry favor ♦ Challenge for favor ♦ Challenge to the favor ♦ come down in favor of smb. ♦ court favor ♦ curry favor ♦ curry favor with ♦ curry favor with smb. ♦ declare oneself in favor of ♦ discriminate favor of smb. ♦ do a favor ♦ do smb. a favor ♦ do the favor ♦ fair field and no favor ♦ favor one ♦ favor smb. with ♦ favor with ♦ find favor in smb.'s sight ♦ get into favor ♦ give smb. one's favor ♦ high favor ♦ in favor ♦ in favor of ♦ In favor with ♦ in high favor ♦ look with favor on ♦ Love favor ♦ militate in favor of ♦ motion in favor of ♦ open a credit in favor of ♦ out of favor ♦ party favor ♦ personal favor ♦ request a favor ♦ return a favor ♦ return the favor ♦ show favor ♦ special favor ♦ testify in favor of ♦ the odds were in his favor ♦ To curry favor ♦ To find favor in the eyes of ♦ to the favor or for favor ♦ treat with favor ♦ wedding favor ♦ with one's favor ♦ without fear of favor ♦ without fear or favor. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
wedding favor | 7,511 | graduation party favor | 129 |
party favor | 3,158 | baby shower favor idea | 120 |
baby shower favor | 2,220 | cheap wedding favor | 120 |
bridal shower favor | 1,132 | graduation favor | 115 |
favor | 995 | candle wedding favor | 103 |
bachelorette party favor | 658 | personalized party favor | 102 |
favor box | 384 | candle favor | 99 |
wedding party favor | 335 | chocolate wedding favor | 97 |
wedding favor idea | 331 | child party favor | 92 |
unique wedding favor | 312 | wedding reception favor | 91 |
shower favor | 274 | anniversary favor | 88 |
birthday party favor | 255 | birthday favor | 83 |
christening favor | 210 | discount wedding favor | 81 |
baby shower party favor | 210 | favor bag | 79 |
baptism favor | 204 | kid party favor | 75 |
wedding shower favor | 198 | wholesale party favor | 75 |
wedding favor box | 180 | cd wedding favor | 72 |
bridal favor | 156 | wedding favor wholesale | 68 |
baby favor | 132 | party favor idea | 67 |
personalized wedding favor | 129 | wedding candy favor | 66 |
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| Language | Translations for "favor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | begunstiging (favour, protection), begunstig (favour). (various references) | |
Albanian | Favor (complaisance, favour, indulgence), Favorizim (favour), Favorizoj (advance, favour, protect), Miratoj (accede, accept, adopt, approbate, approve, assent, confirm, consent, countenance, enact, favour, pass, ratify, recognize, root for, sanction, vote in), I Tregoj Dashmirësi Dikujt (favour), Lehtësi (airiness, boon, convenience, ease, easiness, ethereality, facility, favour, lightness), Dhuratë (benevolence, bestowal, bounty, contribution, endowment, fairing, favour, gift, grant, handsel, oblation, offering, premium, present, presentation, testimonial, token), Miratim (acceptance, acclamation, adoption, approbation, approval, assent, confirmation, consent, countenance, enactment, endorsement, favour, goodwill, imprimatur, indorsement, leave, ok, okay, okey, ratification, recognition, sanction, validation, warrant), Simpati (favour, fellow feeling, fondness, liking, sympathy), Nder (benignity, boon, complaisance, credit, distinction, fair dealing, favour, honor, honour, kindness, service), Ngjaj Me (favour), Pëlqej (affect, approve, enjoy, fancy, favour, like, love, please, relish, take to), Pëlqim (acceptance, accord, bent, compliance, consent, endearment, favour, gusto, liking, love, partiality, pleasure, readiness), Përkrah (advance, back, bolster, buttress, champion, encourage, espouse, favour, hug, patronize, promote, prop up, protect, root for, side with, stand up for, stick up for, support, take smb.'s part, upbear, uphold), Përkrahje (abetment, advocacy, aliment, backing, backup, boost, buttress, championship, espousal, favour, furtherance, intercession, paternalism, patronage, promotion, prop, protection, push, support), Letër (communication, epistle, favour, letter, message, paper). (various references) | |
Arabic | سهل (ease, ease off, easy, even, expedite, facilitate, favour, flat, frail, get-at-able, plain, quite simple, simple, slick, smooth, soft), دعم (back, back up, backing, backup, bolster, boost, buttress, carry, consolidate, encourage, encouragement, favour, fuel, hold, prop, put up, reinforce, rest, second, shore, stanchion, stand up for, stick by, subsidize, support, take sides, truss, underpin, uphold, upholding), رعاية (auspices, care, charge, cultivation, custody, favour, inspection, nursing, patronage, protection, sponsor, sponsorship, tutorship, ward), أيد (advocate, affirm, champion, countenance, favour, further, go in for, look with favor on, look with favour on, plunk, reason, second, side, side with, stand for, stand up for, stick up, stick up for, subscribe, subserve, support, sustain, underpin, uphold, validate), إستحسان (acceptance, applause, approbation, approval, curtain call, favour), الفضل (favour, increment, surplus), جميل (beaut, beauteous, beautiful, comeliness, comely, courtesy, dainty, fair, favour, fine, good looking, grace, graceful, gratitude, handsome, kind act, lovely, magnificent, nice, pretty, shapely, sightly, sweet), خدمة (duty, employ, favour, service, serving), دارى (favour, humor, humour, toddle), ساند (favour, patronize, sponsor, sustain), فضل (advantage, choose, excel, favour, grace, graciousness, merit, outshine, prefer, priority, surpass), تأييد (advocacy, advowson, corroboration, countenance, favour, support), تحيز (align, favoritism, favour, favouritism, inequality, odds, partiality, prejudice), حابى (carry favor, carry favour, favour, look with favor on, look with favour on, promote, show favor, show favour), لصالح (favour), نعمة (blessing, boon, favour, grace, mercy), محاباة (bias, favoritism, favour, favouritism, odds, one sidedness, partiality, prejudice), ميز (characterize, confer distinction upon, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, favour, grant a special privilege, honor, identify, know, label, make a distinction, mark, notice, observe, perceive, prefer, privilege, realize, recognize, segregate, separate, set above others, set apart, set aside, single, single out, stamp), عطف (favour, goodwill, kindliness, kindness, sentimentalize, sympathy). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Значка, Благоприятствувам, Благоволявам, Благоразположение, Благосклонен Съм, Благосклонност, Доброжелателство, Улеснявам, Украшение Дадено В Знак На Обич, Розетка, Насърчавам (Foster), Отнасям Се Любезно, Писмо, Поддържам (Stoke), Полза, Помощ, Покровителство, Покровителствувам, Приличам На, Пристрастие, Облагодетелствувам, Услуга. (various references) | |
Chinese | 厚待 (favour), 惠 (kind act), 偏愛 (preference), 德 (character, ethics, Germany, goodness, kind, kindness, morality, virtue). (various references) | |
Czech | Fábor (favour), Zaujetí (absorption, animation, favour), Zalíbení (fancy, favour, taste), Stužka (braid, favour, ribbon), Služba (duty, favour, ministration, office, service, turn, utility), Prokázat Přízeò (favour), Preferovat (favour), Podporovat Koho (favour, side with), Poctít (dignify, favour, grace, honor, honour), Přízeò (favour, goodwill, grace, patronage, respect), Odznak (badge, emblem, favour, sign), Náklonnost (affection, bent, bias, favour, fondness, goodwill, inclination, partiality, penchant, proclivity, taste), Laskavost (benevolence, benignity, favour, goodness, grace, graciousness, kindliness, kindness), Dát Přednost Èemu. (various references) | |
Dutch | gunst (favour), genadigheid (favour), begunstiging (auspices, favour, patronage, protection, support). (various references) | |
Esperanto | favoro (favour), favori (favour), komplezo (favour). (various references) | |
French | favorisons, favorisez, Favoriser (carry favour, favour), favorisent, Faveur (favour), Service (favour), Privilège, Grâce (favour), complaisance (favour), Être Partisan, Appuyer. (various references) | |
Galician | favor. (various references) | |
German | Gunst (boon, favour, goodwill, patronage). (various references) | |
Greek | Εύνοια, Εξυπηρέτηση, Ευνοώ, Ευμένεια, χάρη (behalf, comeliness, cuteness, favour, grace, pardon, sake), χατήρι (favour). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ּתמוך ֱ-, ּהפלות ּטובה, ּצדד, ַסד, ָובה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szívesség (act of grace, favour, kindness, service). (various references) | |
Indonesian | rasa (feel), mengarah-arah (note, observe, resemble). (various references) | |
Italian | favore (boon, favour, grace, please, pleasure, service, will, zestfulness), favorire (accommodate, encourage, favour, Foster, further, grace, help, patronise, patronize, promote, support). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 潤沢 (abundance, luster, plenty). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎ (affair, be suspicious of, case, ceremony, connection, deception, deed, distrust, doubt, false, falsehood, friendly relations, friendship, goodwill, honour, imitation, intimacy, justice, kindness, lie, matter, morality, relation, righteousness, rule, skill), たのみ (dependence, reliance, request), おんけい (benefit, blessing, grace), きうけ (popularity), ひきたて (patronage), ほご (care, complement, guardianship, patronage, protection, scrap paper, shelter, wastepaper), こうい (act, celestial latitude, change of dress, conduct, courtesy, deed, dignity, ecliptic latitude, eminent, good will, high ranking, imperial throne, kindness, lady court attendant, school doctor, seasonal changing of clothes, second accession of the same emperor, second lunar month, siege), よしみ (connection, friendly relations, friendship, goodwill, intimacy, kindness, relation), けいたく (benefit, blessing, pity), じゅんたく (abundance, luster, plenty), みょうり (advantage, fame and fortune, luck, providence), ちょうこう (auditing, blushing, bringing tribute, carver, Changjiang River, composure and dignity, engraver, grace, indication, lecture attendance, lengthy consideration, lengthy lecture, omen, sculptor, sign, symptom, thickness, Yangtze River), ちょうあい (affection). (various references) | |
Korean | 호의 (Benevolent, favour, goodwill). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | avorfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | favor (behalf, bestowal, boon, countenance, favour, grace, indulgence, lights, please), favorecer (advance, advantage, befriend, favour, flatter, foment, further, hold up, honor, honour, indulge, oblige, pamper, pet, side with, support, take sides). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | favor. (various references) | |
Romanian | Favoare (boon, favour, kindness, pap, protection, service, smile), Favoriza (abet, advantage, conduce, encourage, favour, forward, further, grace, increase, patronize, prosper, speed, support), Fi Favorabil (favour, serve), Onoare (credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, favour, glory, honor, honour, reputation, repute, reverence), Amabilitate (affability, amability, amiability, amiableness, blandness, civility, courteousness, courtesy, favour, gentleness, kindness, obligingness, politeness, willingness), Învrednici, Cinste (appreciation, ceremony, chastity, consideration, credit, crown, esteem, fairness, faith, faithfulness, fame, favour, fealty, gift, glory, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, morality, probity, repute, respect, straight, treat, truth, uprightness, virtue), Hatâr (favour, law), Agrea (accept, favour, sanction), Ocrotire (asylum, charge, defence, favour, screening, shelter, sheltering), Susţine (advocate, affirm, allege, argue, assert, back, back up, bear, bear up, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, champion, claim, contend, countenance, defend, encourage, endorse, entertain, favour, fortify, give countenance to smb., hold, hold up, maintain, pep, promote, prop, reinforce, sanction, second, speed, sponsor, submit, support, underlie, uphold, vindicate), Privilegia (favour), Privilegiu (advantage, charter, favour, franchise, freedom, incident, indulgence, licence, patent, prerogative, priority, privilege, right), Profit (account, advantage, bargain, behoof, benefit, boot, convenience, favour, gain, good, grist, hand, interest, job, profit, return, use, velvet, yield), Rugãminte (desire, entreaty, favour, petition, prayer, request, requirement, suit, supplication), Scrisoare (epistle, favour, letter, writ, writing), Semn (auspice, badge, Beck, brand, character, denotation, dint, emblem, evidence, favour, gesture, impress, index, indication, Mark, note, office, portent, print, property, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, signal, splash, spot, symbol, symptom, token, trace, track, vestige, wave), Serviciu (attendance, berth, department, employ, employment, favour, job, ministration, ministry, office, position, service, situation, turn), Interes (advantage, benefit, cause, concern, convenience, favour, interest, significance, stake). (various references) | |
Russian | Относиться Благосклонно, Одолжение, Покровительство, Значок, Быть Похожим, Бант, Благосклонность, Благоприятствовать, польза (advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, favour, good, profit, use, wholesomeness), Сувенир, Расположение. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | favorizovati (favour), usluga (accommodation, favour, ministration, service, turn), pokazati naklonost (favour), naklonost (appetence, appetency, favour, grace, likes, partiality, sympathy), milost (favour, grace, graciousness, loveliness, mercy, niceness), čuvati (conserve, favour, guard, husband, protect, store, tend, treasure, watch). (various references) | |
Spanish | favor (a favor, accommodation, behalf, boon, do the favor, favour, good graces, good turn, help, kindness, service), favorecer (advantage, back, bring on, favour, flatter, forward, look with favor on, look with favour on, patronize, prosper, stimulate, subserve). (various references) | |
Swedish | Förespråka (advocate, favour), Förmån (advantage, benefit, benefited, boon, convenience, emolument, favour, privilege), Favör (advantage, favour), Favorisera (favour, treat with favor, treat with favour), Kokard (cockade, favour), Gilla (approve of, cotton to, dig, favour, hold with, like, take to), Gillande (approbation, approval, assent, favour, in favor of, in favour of, o.k., ok, okay, okey, plaudit), Grace (charm, favour, grace), Gunst (favour), Gynna (advance, befriend, favour, further, patronize, promote, support), Bandrosett (favour, tuft of ribbons), Hugna (favour), Ynnestbevis (favour), Kotiljongsmärke (favour), Likna (be like, be similar, compare, favour, liken, look like, resemble), populär (exoteric, popular), Skona (favour, spare), Tjänst (appointment, duty, employment, favour, office, service, situation), Underlätta (ease, facilitate, favour), Understödja (aid, assist, favour, propone, second, subsidize, support), Uppmuntra (countenance, embolden, encourage, exhilarate, exhort, favour, fillip, foment, hearten, pander, promote, reassure, spirit up), Vara Välvilligt Inställd Till (favour), Ynnest (favour, grace, indulgence), Hjälpa (accomodate, aid, assist, be helped, befriend, favour, forward, help, minister, relieve, serve, succour, support). (various references) | |
Thai | ชื่นชอบ (favour), สนับสนุน (back, behind, bolster, buoy up, favour, for, further, lend to, second, side, sustain), การยกย่อง (favour), ความช่วยเหลือ (favour, hand), ของขวัญ (favour, gift). (various references) | |
Turkish | Kabul Etmek (accede, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affiliate, agree, allow, approve, assent, avow oneself, be sold on, certify, consent, enfranchise, enrol, fall in with, favour, go along with, grant, have, honor, honour, own, receive, recognize, regard as, say yes, settle for, sustain, take, take in, thole, turn thumbs up on, witness), Ýyilik, Ýyilik Etmek, Ayrıcalık (benefit, cachet, charter, concession, concessionairy, eligibility, faculty, favour, franchise, immunity, incident, oracle, peculiar, prerogative, privilege, refusal, royalty, speciality), Þeref Nişanı, Þereflendirmek, Beğenilme (favour), Benzemek (appear, approach, approximate, be similar, bear resemblance to, compare, correspond, dovetail, favour, have an air of, have resemblance to, look alike, look like, match, mimic, promise, remind, remind of, resemble, resemble smb. in looks, seem, take after, take on, throw back), Desteklemek (advocate, assist, back up, bear out, bear smb. out, bolster, bolster up, brace, buoy, buttress, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, favour, fortify, give a leg up, give countenance to, go along with, help forward, hold up, identify, indorse, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, logroll, nourish, patronize, promote, prop, root for, second, shore, sponsor, spoonfeed, stake, stanchion, stand, stand by, start, stick up for, strengthen, subordinate, support, sustain, underpin, uphold), Ýltimas, Hediye (bounty, donative, favour, gift, giveaway, gratuity, present, presentation), Yardımda Bulunmak (favour), Kayırma (backing, favour, protection, pull, shadow), Kayırmak (back, enlist, favour, protect, show favour), Koruma (aegis, asylum, auspices, bodyguard, conservancy, conservation, convoy, covering, custody, defending, defense, escort, favour, guard, guarding, indemnity, keeping, lifeguard, maintenance, patronage, preservation, protection, protective, retention, safeguard, safekeeping, shade, shadow, shield, tutelage, umbrella), Lütuf (blessing, boon, complaisance, condescension, favour, grace, kindliness, kindness), Sevilme (being liked, being loved, favour), Taraftarlık (favour), Tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, |
