Favour - Privilégier (The 2482nd Most Common French Word)

The French word for Favour is Privilégier. This word often comes up when talking about emotions, cooperation. It can be used as verb. It is classified as a B2 word, and is the 2482nd most commonly used word in French. You can listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Our app contains over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common French words. Download it now to discover them all.

Pronunciation

en English: favour

fr French: privilégier

Examples

en fr
They were invariably biased in favour of the owning carrier. Ils avaient invariablement tendance, à privilégier le transporteur propriétaire.
High resolution photos are favoured, preferably 300 dpi. Il s'agit donc de privilégier les hautes résolutions, de préférence 300 dpi.
He emphasised that legislative work should favour an approach based on simplicity and clarity. Il souligne par ailleurs que le travail législatif devrait privilégier une approche axée sur la simplicité et la clarté.
FINTRAC favours a co-operative approach to monitoring. CANAFE privilégie une approche de concertation en matière de contrôle de la conformité.
Cosmydor favours handmade over mechanisation and human expertise over automation. Ainsi Cosmydor privilégie le fait-main sur la mécanisation, le savoir-faire humain sur l'automatisation.
Gildan favours permanent employment positions over temporary contracts. Gildan privilégie les emplois permanents et à temps plein plutôt que les contrats temporaires.
The Act favours the voluntary departure of illegal aliens. La loi privilégie le départ volontaire des étrangers en situation irrégulière.
French historian Gaston Deverdun, in particular, favoured this second hypothesis. L'historien français Gaston Deverdun, en particulier, a privilégié cette seconde hypothèse.

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Favour - Privilégier (The 2482nd Most Common French Word)
The authorities indicate that these arrangements generally discriminate in favour of imports. Les autorités indiquent que ces arrangements privilégient généralement les importations.
3.15 The Committee would favour the last of these three options. 3.15 Le Comité privilégie la dernière option.
It favours taste, simplicity and respect for the ingredients' original flavours. Elle privilégie le respect des saveurs originelles des ingrédients.
Spring is my favourite season. Le printemps est la saison que j'aime le mieux.
Do me a favour and shut up Fais-moi le plaisir de la fermer.
My favourite colour is blue. Ma couleur préférée est le bleu.
My favourite colour is red. Ma couleur préférée est le rouge.
This is my favourite. C’est mon préféré.
Monday definitely isn't my favourite day of the week. Le lundi n'est certainement pas mon jour de la semaine préféré.
My favourite colour is red. Ma couleur préférée est le rouge.
Could you do me a favour please Pourrais-tu me rendre un service s'il te plaît 
The boy more than justified the favourable opinion they had formed of him. Le garçon a plus que confirmé l'opinion favorable qu'ils s'étaient fait de lui.
May I request a favour of you Puis-je vous demander une faveur 

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Favour - Privilégier (The 2482nd Most Common French Word)

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