favourite, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

favourite (favourites plural )
in AM, use favorite

1  adj Your favourite thing or person of a particular type is the one you like most.
ADJ n
...a bottle of his favourite champagne..., Her favourite writer is Hans Christian Andersen.
  Favourite is also a noun., n-count usu with poss
The Liverpool Metropole is my favourite.  If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
♦ old favourite  phrase
Everyone must be familiar with the old favourite among roses, Crystal Palace.

2 n-count If you describe one person as the favourite of another, you mean that the second person likes the first person a lot and treats them with special kindness.
usu with poss
...Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, a favourite of King James I..., The Prime Minister is no favourite of the tabloids.

3 n-count The favourite in a race or contest is the competitor that is expected to win. In a team game, the team that is expected to win is referred to as the favourites.
usu the N
The Belgian Cup has been won by the favourites F.C. Liege.