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meilleur.

best

8 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɛ.jœʁ//me.jœʁ/

  1. best

    masculine
    Pour arriver à votre but, il va falloir donner le meilleur de vous-même.
    Ces gars-là sont vraiment les meilleurs.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French meilleur, from Old French meillor, from Latin meliōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, from *mel- (“strong, big”).

adj/mɛ.jœʁ//me.jœʁ/

  1. comparative degree of bon ("better")

    comparative · form-of
    J'aime la pizza, mais les raviolis sont meilleurs.
    C'est une meilleure chanteuse que moi.

  2. comparative degree of bien

    comparative · form-of

  3. superlative degree of bon ("best")

    form-of · superlative

  4. superlative degree of bien ("best")

    form-of · superlative
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French meilleur, from Old French meillor, from Latin meliōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, from *mel- (“strong, big”).

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