millor

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mellor, from Latin meliōrem (“better”), from Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, from *mel- (“strong, big”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [miˈʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [miˈʎoɾ]

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• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Adjective

millor m or f (masculine and feminine plural millors)

1. comparative degree of bo; better

   Antonym: pitjor

2. superlative degree of bo; best

   Antonym: pitjor

Derived terms

• milloria

Related terms

• millorar

References

• “millor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “millor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “millor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “millor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.