favour
Syllables: fa·vour
favour noun: british standard spelling of favor.
Noun
favour (countable and uncountable, plural favours)
- British standard spelling of favor.
- I need a favour. Could you lend me £5 until tomorrow, please?
- Can you do me a favour and drop these letters in the post box?
Verb
favour (third-person singular simple present favours, present participle favouring, simple past and past participle favoured)
- British standard spelling of favor.
- And the Angel came in vnto her, and said, Haile thou that art highly fauoured, the Lord is with thee: Blessed art thou among women.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:2
- The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
favour meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
favour in Hindi
- favour; gift
- एहसान ehsān
- favour, grace
- अनुग्रह anugrah, करम karam
- favour
- कृपा kŕpā
- favour, grace, will
- फ़ैज़ faiz
favour in Tamil
- சலுகை, சகாயம், இசைவு, ஆதரவு, சாதகம்
favour in Marathi
- favour
- कृपा krupā
favour in Urdu
- favour
- احسان ihsān, تائید tāīd
- favour, beneficence, good influence, bounty
- فیضان faizān
- favour, concession, rebate
- رعایت ri'āyat
- favour, chore
- کام kām
More languagesFewer languages
- favour in Bengali
- এহসান ehsan, পদ pod
- favour in Telugu
- ఉపకారము upakāramu, ప్రసాదము prasādamu, ప్రసాదించు prasādiñcu, కరుణించు karuṇiñcu
- favour in Malayalam
- കൃപ kr̥pa
- favour in Kannada
- ಮೆಚ್ಚು meccu
- favour in Punjabi
- ਨਿਆਜ਼ niāza, ਲਿਹਾਜ਼ lihāz
- favour in Odia
- ସାହାଯ୍ୟ sāhājya
- favour in Sanskrit
- राधस् rā́dhas, अनुग्रह anugraha, कृपा kṛpā́, हित hita
- favour in Sinhala
- පිහිට pihiṭa
Examples of favour in a sentence
- Clacton and Walton are resorts mostly favoured by Londoners and only three trains run through to the Midlands and North.1959 April, B. Perren, “The Essex Coast Branches of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 191:
- He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
Forms of favour
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | favours |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | favours |
| present participle | favouring |
| past participle | favoured |
| past | favoured |
Words formed from favour
Phrases with favour
Questions about favour
- What does favour mean?
- Favour means british standard spelling of favor.
- What is favour in Hindi?
- Favour in Hindi is एहसान (ehsān), अनुग्रह (anugrah), करम (karam). See Favour meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use favour in a sentence?
- Clacton and Walton are resorts mostly favoured by Londoners and only three trains run through to the Midlands and North.
- What part of speech is favour?
- Favour can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of favour?
- The plural of favour is favours.
Words near favour in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: favour (page history and authors); अनुग्रह (Hindi) (page history and authors); favour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कृपा (Marathi) (page history and authors); احسان (Urdu) (page history and authors); এহসান (Bengali) (page history and authors); ఉపకారము (Telugu) (page history and authors); കൃപ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಮೆಚ್ಚು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਲਿਹਾਜ਼ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ସାହାଯ୍ୟ (Odia) (page history and authors); अनुग्रह (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); පිහිට (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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