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melhor

melhor

Occitan

Alternative forms

Adjective

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

  1. better

Related terms


Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin melior, meliōrem.

Noun

melhor m, f

  1. best

Descendants

References


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.

Related terms

  • melhorável
  • melhoria
  • melhorio
  • melhorista
  • melhormente