melhor

Occitan

Alternative forms

milhor

Etymology

From Old Occitan melhor, from Latin melior, meliōrem.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

better

Derived terms

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin melior, meliōrem.

Noun

melhor m or f

best

Descendants

Occitan: melhor, milhor

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “melior”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 664

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mellor, from Latin meliōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, from *mel- (“strong, big”). Compare Catalan millor, Spanish mejor, French meilleur, Italian migliore.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈʎɔʁ/ [meˈʎɔh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meˈʎɔɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meˈʎɔʁ/ [meˈʎɔχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈʎɔɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈʎɔɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈʎɔ.ɾi/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɛˈʎɔ(h)/, /miˈʎɔ/
Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
Hyphenation: me‧lhor

Adjective

melhor m or f (plural melhores)

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:melhor.

Adverb

melhor

comparative degree of bem: better

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:melhor.

Related terms

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