meilleur
French
Etymology
From Middle French meilleur, from Old French meillor, from Latin melior, meliōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, from *mel- (“strong, big”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ.jœʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -œʁ
Adjective
meilleur (feminine singular meilleure, masculine plural meilleurs, feminine plural meilleures)
Antonyms
Noun
meilleur m (plural meilleurs, feminine meilleure)
- best
- Pour arriver à votre but, il va falloir donner le meilleur de vous-même.
- To reach your goal, you'll have to do your best.
- Ces gars-là sont vraiment les meilleurs.
- Those guys really are the best.
See also
Further reading
- “meilleur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French meillor.
Adjective
meilleur m (feminine singular meilleure, masculine plural meilleurs, feminine plural meilleures)
Usage notes
- Early on the Middle French period, meilleur is used as the masculine and feminine form with the plural meilleurs (this is the same as Old French meillor). The forms meilleure as a feminine singular and meilleures as a feminine plural are both first attested in the 15th century.
Descendants
- French: meilleur
See also
- mieulx (adverb)
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