"fave" meaning in English

See fave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /feɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fave.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪv Etymology: From favorite or favourite, by shortening. Etymology templates: {{m|en|favorite|}} favorite, {{m|en|favourite|}} favourite Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} fave
  1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK). Tags: informal Translations (favorite (informal)): lemppari (Finnish), seçilmis (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fave-en-adj-kep-ncO2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 34 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fav

Noun

IPA: /feɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fave.wav [Southern-England] Forms: faves [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪv Etymology: From favorite or favourite, by shortening. Etymology templates: {{m|en|favorite|}} favorite, {{m|en|favourite|}} favourite Head templates: {{en-noun}} fave (plural faves)
  1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK) Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-fave-en-noun-c5yvDfg5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 34 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fav

Verb

IPA: /feɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fave.wav [Southern-England] Forms: faves [present, singular, third-person], faving [participle, present], faved [participle, past], faved [past]
Rhymes: -eɪv Etymology: From favorite or favourite, by shortening. Etymology templates: {{m|en|favorite|}} favorite, {{m|en|favourite|}} favourite Head templates: {{en-verb}} fave (third-person singular simple present faves, present participle faving, simple past and past participle faved)
  1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK) Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-fave-en-verb-c5yvDfg5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 34 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fav

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for fave meaning in English (5.6kB)

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