preferential

Meaning

1. Of or relating to the showing or giving of preference.
2. Of or relating to a voting system in which the voters are allowed to indicate on their ballots their preference (usually their first and second choices) between two or more candidates, so that if no candidate receives a majority of first choices the one receiving the greatest number of first and second choices together is the winner.

Synonyms

discriminatory

desirable

favorable

favored

favourable

favourite

preemptive

preferable

special

favoured one

of privilege

advantageous

discriminatinating

Translations

préférentiel

preferenziale

preferente

προνομιακός

bevorzugt

preferent

preferencial

προτιμησιακός

tercihli

تفضيلي

discriminatori

discriminatoire

δεικνύων προτίμηση

vorzüglich

προτιμητός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɛf.ɜː(ɹ)ˌɛn.ʃəl/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin preferentia + -al.