favorisé

Favorisé is a French term that functions as the past participle of the verb favoriser and as an adjective meaning “favored” or “privileged.” When used as an adjective, it describes someone or something that receives preferential treatment or advantages, for example: une élève favorisée or un milieu favorisé. It can appear in compound tenses with the auxiliary être: Il a été favorisé par le système. The feminine form is favorisée and the plural forms are favorisés (masculine) and favorisées (feminine). The noun form un favorisé refers to a person who benefits from advantages or privileges; the related concept favoritisme denotes bias or preferential treatment.

Etymology: favorisé derives from favoriser, which comes from the noun favor and ultimately from Latin favorem meaning “favor, support,” transmitted through Old French into Modern French. The sense of giving advantage developed in Early Modern French.

Usage notes: Favoriser emphasizes the act of promoting or granting advantage, while favorisé emphasizes the state of having advantages. It is distinct from favorable (which means beneficial or supportive in a more general sense). In sociopolitical discourse, people may speak of les personnes favorisées or des groupes favorisés to denote those who benefit from privileges or policies.