Meaning
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- comparative degree of bon ("better")
- comparative degree of bien
- superlative degree of bon ("best")
- superlative degree of bien ("best")
Concepts
be better
first-rank
be better than
finest quality
first volume
less objectionable
first-class
Synonyms
plutôt
être meilleur
première qualité
au lieu
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɛ.jœʁ/
Etymology
In summary
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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New
bien
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- good, all right, great
- good looking, nice
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New
bon
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- good
- right, correct, appropriate
- (slang) sexy, hot, smoking hot
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