favorite
French, noun/fa.vɔ.ʁit/
favorite is spelled F-A-V-O-R-I-T-E (8 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written French, the 11,366th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Favorite is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of favori” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui est l’objet d’une préférence marquée”.
What does favorite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of favori
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of favori
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui est l’objet d’une préférence marquée. 2. Maitresse préférée d’un souverain. 3. Celle dont la majorité des gens prévoient la victoire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of favorite
- favorites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce favorite?
- /fa.vɔ.ʁit/
- \fa.vɔ.ʁit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is favorite in French?
favorite appears 4.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).