preference

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• /ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/
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From Middle French preference, from Medieval Latin preferentia. Doublet of preferans. Morphologically prefer + -ence. Compare typologically Russian предвзя́тость (predvzjátostʹ) (<< взять (vzjatʹ), a suppletive of брать (bratʹ), which is cognate with Latin ferō).

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Southern Altai: артык кӧрӧр (artïk körör) — selection
• Arabic: تَفْضِيل (tafḍīl) — selection
• Arabic: أَفْضَلِيَّة (ʔafḍaliyya) — selection
• Armenian: նախապատվություն (naxapatvutʻyun) — selection
• Belarusian: перава́га (pjeraváha) — selection
• Belarusian: вы́бар (výbar) — selection
• Bulgarian: предпочита́ние (predpočitánie) — selection
• Bulgarian: и́збор (ízbor) — selection
• Catalan: preferència — selection
• Chinese Mandarin: 優選 /优选 (yōuxuǎn) — selection
• Chinese Mandarin: 選擇 /选择 (xuǎnzé) — selection
• Czech: preference — selection
• Czech: přednost — selection
• Danish: præference — selection
• Dutch: voorkeur — selection
• Dutch: preferentie — selection
• Estonian: eelistus — selection
• Finnish: valinta — selection
• Finnish: preferenssi — selection
• French: préférence — selection
• Galician: preferencia — selection
• Georgian: არჩევანი (arčevani) — selection
• Georgian: პრეფერენცია (ṗreperencia) — selection
• Georgian: მჯობინება (mǯobineba) — selection
• Georgian: უპირატესობის მინიჭება (uṗiraṭesobis minič̣eba) — selection
• German: Vorliebe — selection
• German: Präferenz — selection
• German: Vorzug — selection
• Ancient Greek: προαίρεσις (proaíresis) — selection
• Ancient Greek: πρόκριμα (prókrima) — selection
• Haitian Creole: preferans — selection
• Hebrew: הַעֲדָפָה (ha'adafá) — selection
• Hindi: प्राथमिकता (prāthmiktā) — selection
• Hindi: वरीयता (varīytā) — selection
• Hindi: अग्रिमता (agrimtā) — selection
• Hungarian: preferencia — selection
• Italian: preferenza — selection
• Japanese: 選択 (sentaku) — selection
• Kazakh: қалау (qalau) — selection
• Korean: 선택 (seontaek) — selection
• Latvian: priekšroka — selection
• Lithuanian: preferencija — selection
• Macedonian: претпочитање (pretpočitanje) — selection
• Navajo: siłkidígíí — selection
• Norwegian Bokmål: preferanse — selection
• Iranian Persian: تَرْجیح (tarjih) — selection
• Iranian Persian: تَفْضیل (tafzil) — selection
• Plautdietsch: Läne — selection
• Polish: preferencja — selection
• Portuguese: preferência — selection
• Romanian: preferință — selection
• Russian: предпочте́ние (predpočténije) — selection
• Russian: префере́нция (preferéncija) — selection
• Russian: вы́бор (výbor) — selection
• Slovak: preferencia — selection
• Slovak: prednosť — selection
• Slovene: prednost — selection
• Spanish: preferencia — selection
• Swedish: företräde — selection
• Swedish: preferens — selection
• Tajik: тарҷех (tarjex) — selection
• Tajik: афзал (afzal) — selection
• Tajik: афзалият (afzaliyat) — selection
• Turkish: tercih — selection
• Ukrainian: перева́га (pereváha) — selection
• Ukrainian: ви́бір (výbir) — selection
• Urdu: تَرْجِیح (tarjīh) — selection
• Uzbek: afzal koʻrish — selection
• Belarusian: перава́га (pjeraváha) — option to select or selected
• Belarusian: вы́бар (výbar) — option to select or selected
• Bulgarian: предпочита́ние (predpočitánie) — option to select or selected
• Catalan: preferència — option to select or selected
• Esperanto: prefero — option to select or selected
• Finnish: valinta — option to select or selected
• German: Vorliebe — option to select or selected
• German: Bevorzugung — option to select or selected
• Hebrew: הַעֲדָפָה (ha'adafá) — option to select or selected
• Icelandic: kjörkostur — option to select or selected
• Malayalam: ക്രമീകരണം (kramīkaraṇaṁ) — option to select or selected
• Māori: manakotanga — option to select or selected
• Navajo: siłkidígíí — option to select or selected
• Polish: preferencja — option to select or selected
• Portuguese: preferência — option to select or selected
• Romanian: preferință — option to select or selected
• Russian: вы́бор (výbor) — option to select or selected
• Russian: префере́нция (preferéncija) — option to select or selected
• Russian: предпочте́ние (predpočténije) — option to select or selected
• Swedish: företräde — option to select or selected
• Turkish: tercih — option to select or selected
• Ukrainian: перева́га (pereváha) — option to select or selected
• Ukrainian: ви́бір (výbir) — option to select or selected
• Afrikaans: voorkeur — state of being preferred
• Belarusian: перава́га (pjeraváha) — state of being preferred
• Catalan: preferència — state of being preferred
• Chinese Mandarin: 優先 /优先 (yōuxiān) — state of being preferred
• Dutch: voorkeur — state of being preferred
• Finnish: suosikkiasema — state of being preferred
• Finnish: suosituimmuus — state of being preferred
• German: Bevorzugung — state of being preferred
• German: Vorzug — state of being preferred
• Hebrew: הַעֲדָפָה (ha'adafá) — state of being preferred
• Hindi: प्राथमिकता (prāthmiktā) — state of being preferred
• Hindi: वरीयता (varīytā) — state of being preferred
• Italian: preferenza — state of being preferred
• Japanese: 優先 (yūsen) — state of being preferred
• Korean: 우선 (useon) — state of being preferred
• Malayalam: മുൻഗണന (muṉgaṇana) — state of being preferred
• Māori: manakotanga — state of being preferred
• Māori: mariutanga — state of being preferred
• Portuguese: preferência — state of being preferred
• Romanian: preferat — state of being preferred
• Romanian: preferată — state of being preferred
• Russian: предпочте́ние (predpočténije) — state of being preferred
• Russian: вы́бор (výbor) — state of being preferred
• Swedish: företräde — state of being preferred
• Tamil: முன்னுரிமை (muṉṉurimai) — state of being preferred
• Turkish: tercih — state of being preferred
• Ukrainian: перева́га (pereváha) — state of being preferred
• Belarusian: перава́га (pjeraváha) — liking
• Chinese Mandarin: 偏好 (piānhào) — liking
• Chinese Mandarin: 喜愛 /喜爱 (xǐ'ài) — liking
• Finnish: preferenssi — liking
• Finnish: mieltymys — liking
• German: Vorliebe — liking
• German: Bevorzugung — liking
• Hebrew: הַעֲדָפָה (ha'adafá) — liking
• Japanese: 好み (konomi) — liking
• Portuguese: preferência — liking
• Russian: предпочте́ние (predpočténije) — liking
• Spanish: preferencia — liking
• Swedish: förkärlek — liking
• Swedish: preferens — liking
• Telugu: అభిరుచి (abhiruci) — liking
• Turkish: tercih — liking
• Ukrainian: перева́га (pereváha) — liking
• Belarusian: перава́га (pjeraváha) — bias
• Finnish: puolueellisuus — bias
• Hebrew: הַעֲדָפָה (ha'adafá) — bias
• Japanese: 依怙贔屓 (ekohīki) — bias
• Polish: preferencja — bias
• Portuguese: preferência — bias
• Russian: предпочте́ние (predpočténije) — bias
• Russian: префере́нция (preferéncija) — bias
• Spanish: preferencia — bias
• Swedish: förmånsrätt — bias
• Tamil: சார்பு (cārpu) — bias
• Tamil: பாரபட்சம் (pārapaṭcam) — bias
• Turkish: tercih — bias
• Ukrainian: перева́га (pereváha) — bias