prefer

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• General-American: [pɹɪˈfɝ]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [pɹɪˈfɜː]
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• Australian, British, Southern, Standard: [pɹɪˈfəː]
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• Canada: [pɹɪˈfɚ(ɹ)]
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• dialectal: [pɹɪˈfəɹ]
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• dialectal: [pɹɪˈfeːɹ]
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• Scotland: [pɹɪˈfɛr]
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• New-Zealand: [pɹɪˈføː]
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• [pɹɪˈfeː] Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• [pɹɪˈfɛː] Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• [pɹɪˈfɜː(ɹ)] Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 F ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: P R IH0 F ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: P R IY0 F ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English preferren, from Anglo-Norman preferer, from Latin praeferō. Displaced native Old English foresettan and foreberan. Doublet of prelate. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as collate and confer among others.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: preferon — to favor
• Southern Altai: артыксынар (artïksïnar) — to favor
• Arabic: فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala) — to favor
• Arabic: آثَرَ (ʔāṯara) — to favor
• Armenian: նախընտրել (naxəntrel) — to favor
• Armenian: գերադասել (geradasel) — to favor
• Azerbaijani: üstün tutmaq — to favor
• Azerbaijani: tərcih etmək — to favor
• Basque: nahiago izan — to favor
• Basque: nahitu — to favor
• Belarusian: аддава́ць перева́гу (addavácʹ pjerjeváhu) — to favor
• Belarusian: адда́ць перева́гу (addácʹ pjerjeváhu) — to favor
• Bulgarian: предпочи́там (predpočítam) — to favor
• Catalan: preferir — to favor
• Catalan: estimar-se més — to favor
• Chinese Mandarin: 比較喜歡 /比较喜欢 (bǐjiào xǐhuan) — to favor
• Cornish: bos gwell gans — to favor
• Czech: upřednostňovat — to favor
• Czech: dát přednost — to favor
• Czech: preferovat — to favor
• Danish: foretrække — to favor
• Dutch: (de) voorkeur geven (aan) — to favor
• Dutch: verkiezen (boven) — to favor
• Dutch: prefereren — to favor
• Esperanto: preferi — to favor
• Esperanto: pliŝati — to favor
• Estonian: eelistama — to favor
• Finnish: pitää parempana — to favor
• French: préférer — to favor
• Georgian: მჯობინება (mǯobineba) — to favor
• Georgian: უპირატესობის მინიჭება (uṗiraṭesobis minič̣eba) — to favor
• German: vorziehen — to favor
• German: bevorzugen — to favor
• German: präferieren — to favor
• Greek: προτιμάω (protimáo) — to favor
• Ancient Greek: προτιμάω (protimáō) — to favor
• Ancient Greek: προαιρέω (proairéō) — to favor
• Ancient Greek: προκρίνω (prokrínō) — to favor
• Haitian Creole: pito — to favor
• Hawaiian: makemake — to favor
• Hebrew: הֶעֱדִיף (he'edíf) — to favor
• Hindi: पसंद करना (pasand karnā) — to favor
• Hungarian: szívesebben (tesz) — to favor
• Hungarian: jobban szeret/tetszik — to favor
• Hungarian: előnyben részesít — to favor
• Irish: is fearr le — to favor
• Italian: preferire — to favor
• Italian: favorire — to favor
• Japanese: ...の方を好む (...no hō o konomu) — to favor
• Japanese: ...の方が好きである (... no hō ga suki de aru) — to favor
• Khmer: ចូលចិត្ត (coul cət) — to favor
• Korean: 더 좋아하다 (-deo joahada) — to favor
• Korean: 선호(選好)하다 (seonhohada) — to favor
• Lao: ສະເພາະ (sa phǫ) — to favor
• Latin: addīcō — to favor
• Latin: māvolō — to favor
• Latin: mālō — to favor
• Latin: antehabeō — to favor
• Lingala: pono — to favor
• Lingala: kopono — to favor
• Macedonian: претпо́чита (pretpóčita) — to favor
• Macedonian: префери́ра (preferíra) — to favor
• Malay: lebih suka — to favor
• Manx: share lesh — to favor
• Māori: mariu — to favor
• Mongolian: эрхэмлэх (erxemlex) — to favor
• Nepali: चुन्नु (cunnu) — to favor
• Norman: préféther — to favor
• Norwegian Bokmål: foretrekke — to favor
• Old English: foreberan — to favor
• Old English: foresettan — to favor
• Persian: ترجیح دادن (tarjih dâdan) — to favor
• Persian: برگزیدن (bargozidan) — to favor
• Polish: woleć — to favor
• Portuguese: preferir — to favor
• Quechua: allikachiy — to favor
• Romanian: prefera — to favor
• Russian: предпочита́ть (predpočitátʹ) — to favor
• Russian: предпоче́сть (predpočéstʹ) — to favor
• Serbo-Croatian: preferirati — to favor
• Spanish: preferir — to favor
• Spanish: anteponer — to favor
• Swedish: föredraga — to favor
• Swedish: föredra — to favor
• Tagalog: mas gusto kumikiling — to favor
• Thai: ชอบ ~ มากกว่า — to favor
• Tibetan: འདོད་པ་ ('dod pa) — to favor
• Turkish: tercih etmek — to favor
• Turkish: yeğlemek — to favor
• Ottoman Turkish: بگنمك (beğenmek) — to favor
• Ukrainian: віддава́ти перева́гу (viddaváty pereváhu) — to favor
• Vietnamese: thích hơn — to favor
• Welsh: bod yn well gan — to favor
• Yiddish: פּרעפֿערירן (preferirn) — to favor