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favour GB, favor US
  1. noun
    1. (kindness) service m;
      to do sb a ~ rendre service à qn;
      to return a or the ~ rendre la pareille;
    1. to be in sb's ~ (situation) être avantageux/-euse pour qn;
      (financial rates, wind) être favorable à qn;
    1. to win/lose ~ with sb s'attirer/perdre les bonnes grâces de qn.
  1. transitive verb
    1. (prefer) être pour (method, solution);
      être partisan de (political party);
    1. (benefit) (circumstances) favoriser (person);
      (law) privilégier (person).
  1. in favour of phrase
    1. (on the side of) en faveur de;
      to be in ~ of sb/sth être pour qn/qch;
    1. (to the advantage of) to work in sb's ~ avantager qn;
      to decide in sb's ~ Law donner gain de cause à qn;
    1. (out of preference for) (reject) au profit de.

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'favour' found in these entries:
favour:
Principal Translations/Principales traductions
favour (kind act)nffaveur
favour (in favour of)prepen faveur de
favour (to be in favour)vpasser en mode
 
Additional Translations:
favour (advantage)nffaveur
favour (favorable regard)nffaveur
favour (grace)nffaveur
favournfplgrâces
favournmpasse-droit
favour (bestow privilege)vfavoriser ⇒
favour (prefer)vpréférer ⇒ (favoriser)
favour (privilege)vprivilégier ⇒
favour (promote over)vfavoriser ⇒
favour (support)vfavoriser ⇒
Compound Forms/Formes composées
in favourà l'avantage (propos attitude)
in your favourà votre actif
to do a favourrendre service (accorder une faveur)
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot "favour".
"he fell from favour"
All those in favour
Can you do me a favour?
can you see the favour I'm doing for you?
come off in somebody's favour
crawl into favour
do yourself a favour
Favour
Favour
I am sorry to bother you but can I ask you a huge favour
I favour this over that
in favour of
Payments in favour of
return the favour
return the favour
the former in favour of an agreement and the latter against one
tipped to (in?) his favour
to decide in someone's favour
to go in favour of
to go out of favour
wedding favour/ bomboniere
win her favour
you are doing this for me as a favour

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