Occitan

Alternative forms

• milhor

Adjective

melhor f (feminine singular melhora, masculine plural melhors, feminine plural melhoras)

1. better

Related terms

• melhorar

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin melior, meliōrem.

Noun

melhor m, f

1. best

Descendants

• Catalan: millor
• Occitan: melhor, milhor

References

• (fr)(de) melior in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mió (eye dialect, Caipira)
• mior (eye dialect, Caipira)
• milhor (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mellor, from Latin melior, meliōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, from *mel- ‎(“strong, big”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ˈʎɔɾ/
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /mɛ.ˈʎɔ(h)/, /mi.ˈʎɔ/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /me.ˈʎɔɾ/, /me.ˈʎɔɹ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ˈʎɔɾ/, /me.ˈʎɔɻ/
• Hyphenation: me‧lhor
• Rhymes: -ɔɾ

Adjective

melhor m, f ‎(plural melhores, comparable)

1. comparative degree of bom: better, best (with definite article)

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:melhor.

Adverb

melhor comp

1. form of bem: better

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:melhor.

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