melhor

Occitan

Alternative forms

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)

  1. better

Derived terms

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin melior, meliōrem.

Noun

melhor m or f

  1. best

Descendants
  • Occitan: melhor, milhor

References

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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/

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

Adjective

melhor m or f (plural melhores)

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

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:melhor.

Adverb

melhor

  1. comparative degree of bem: better

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:melhor.
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