mellor
See also: Mellor
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mellor, from Latin melior, meliōrem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈɟoɾ/ [meˈɟoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Hyphenation: me‧llor
Adjective
mellor m or f (plural mellores)
- comparative degree of bo: better
- Antonym: peor
- Ese é mellor ― That one is better
- superlative degree of bo: best
- Antonym: peor
- Ese é o mellor ― That one is the best
Adverb
mellor
Derived terms
- ao mellor
- máis mellor (“much better”)
Related terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mellor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mellor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mellor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mellor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mellor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Latin
Verb
mellor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of mellō
Old French
Adjective
mellor
- alternative form of meillor