melhor

Occitan edit

Alternative forms edit

milhor

Etymology edit

From Old Occitan melhor, from Latin melior, meliōrem.

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

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

better

Derived terms edit

Old Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Latin melior, meliōrem.

Noun edit

melhor m or f

best

Descendants edit

Occitan: melhor, milhor

References edit

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

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

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

Etymology edit

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 edit

(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/

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

Adjective edit

melhor m or f (plural melhores)

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

Quotations edit

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Adverb edit

melhor

comparative degree of bem: better

Quotations edit

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Related terms edit

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