See melior in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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}
],
"glosses": [
"comparative degree of bonus; better"
],
"links": [
[
"bonus",
"bonus#Latin"
],
[
"better",
"better"
]
],
"tags": [
"comparative",
"declension-3",
"form-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛ.li.ɔr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛː.li.or]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "melior"
}
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