melhor
Occitan
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editEtymology
editFrom Old Occitan melhor, from Latin melior, meliōrem.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
editmelhor f (feminine singular melhora, masculine plural melhors, feminine plural melhoras)
Derived terms
editOld Occitan
editEtymology
editFrom Latin melior, meliōrem.
Noun
editmelhor m or f
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “melior”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 664
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
edit- mió (eye dialect, Caipira)
- mior (eye dialect, Caipira)
- milhor (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom 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
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- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /mɛˈʎɔ(h)/, /miˈʎɔ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
- Hyphenation: me‧lhor
Adjective
editmelhor m or f (plural melhores)
- comparative degree of bom: better, best (with definite article)
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:melhor.
Adverb
editmelhor
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:melhor.
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