"disfavour" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪsˈfeɪvə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disfavour.wav [Southern-England] Forms: disfavours [plural]
Etymology: From English dis- + favour, from Middle French desfaveur. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|dis|favour}} dis- + favour, {{uder|en|frm|desfaveur}} Middle French desfaveur Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} disfavour (countable and uncountable, plural disfavours)
  1. Lack of favour; displeasure. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-disfavour-en-noun-BfpJRMM1 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 18 19 31 32
  2. An unkindness; a disobliging act. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-disfavour-en-noun-6jMXMh3w Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 18 19 31 32
  3. A state of being out of favour. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being out of favour): немилост (nemilost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), malfavoro (Esperanto), défaveur [feminine] (French), Ungunst [feminine] (German), 冷遇 (reigū) (Japanese), mee-foayr [masculine] (Manx), defavoare [feminine] (Romanian), dezaprobare [feminine] (Romanian), dizgrație [feminine] (Romanian), gözden düşme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-disfavour-en-noun-stgUVwbh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dis-, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 72 22 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 18 19 31 32 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 6 5 57 32 Disambiguation of 'the state of being out of favour': 7 0 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maltreatment, disfavor

Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪsˈfeɪvə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disfavour.wav [Southern-England] Forms: disfavours [present, singular, third-person], disfavouring [participle, present], disfavoured [participle, past], disfavoured [past]
Etymology: From English dis- + favour, from Middle French desfaveur. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|dis|favour}} dis- + favour, {{uder|en|frm|desfaveur}} Middle French desfaveur Head templates: {{en-verb}} disfavour (third-person singular simple present disfavours, present participle disfavouring, simple past and past participle disfavoured)
  1. (British spelling) To show lack of favour or antipathy towards. Tags: UK Synonyms: discriminate, maltreat Translations (to show lack of favour or antipathy towards): 冷遇 (lěngyù) (Chinese), défaveur [feminine, singular] (French), 冷遇する (reigū) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-disfavour-en-verb-Agqm3UNJ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 18 19 31 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: disfavor

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪsˈfeɪvə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disfavour.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-disfavour.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-disfavour.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-disfavour.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-disfavour.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "discriminate"
    },
    {
      "word": "maltreat"
    },
    {
      "word": "disfavor"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "lěngyù",
      "sense": "to show lack of favour or antipathy towards",
      "word": "冷遇"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to show lack of favour or antipathy towards",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "défaveur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "reigū",
      "sense": "to show lack of favour or antipathy towards",
      "word": "冷遇する"
    }
  ],
  "word": "disfavour"
}

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