fave

Alternative forms

• fav

Etymology

From favorite or favourite, by shortening

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪv

Adjective

fave

1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK).
   • 2010 September, St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 8:

     At stlmag.com this month

     • Select articles from this issue
     • An editors' podcast
     • A Google Map of our Best Dressed winners' fave shops

Noun

fave (plural faves)

1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK)

Verb

fave (third-person singular simple present faves, present participle faving, simple past and past participle faved)

1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK)

Etymology

From Latin faba.

Noun

fave f (plural favis)

1. broad bean

Noun

fave f

1. plural of fava

Verb

favē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of faveō

References

• fave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)