wikipedia|dab=better
English

rank|going|knew|seen|207|better|name|among|done

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/�b�t.�/, SAMPA|/"bEt.@/
a|AusE? IPA|/�bet.�/, SAMPA|/"bet.@/
a|GenAm? IPA|/�b�t.�/, SAMPA|/"bEt.@`/
:audio|en-us-better.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�t�(r)
Hyphenation: bet·ter

Etymology 1
OE. term|betera|lang=ang.

Adjective
better

1. comparative of|good or well|langEnglish|POSadjective

Related terms
best

Translations
trans-top|comparative of the adjectives good or well
Arabic: ARchar|ا�ض�|أ�ض� unicode|(�áf�al), ARchar|احس�|أحس� unicode|(�áħsan)
Breton: gwell, gwelloc'h
Chinese: ��好� (b�jiào h�ode)
Czech: t-|cs|lepší
Danish: bedre
Dutch: t+|nl|beter
Finnish: t+|fi|parempi
French: meilleur pos_a, mieux pos_adv
German: t+|de|besser
Greek: t|el|καλ��ε�ο�|m|sc=Grek (kalýteros)
Hungarian: t+|hu|jobb
Ido: plu bona, maxim
Interlingua: melior
Irish: fearr
Italian: meglio di
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Japanese: ����� (motto ii), ���� (yoriyoi)
Korean: � �� (deo joheun)
Latin: t-|la|melior
Norwegian: bedre
Persian: t+|fa|ب�تر|altب��ت�ر|trbehtær|scFAchar|xsPersian
Polish: lepszy pos_a m, lepiej pos_adv
Portuguese: melhor
Romanian: mai bun
Russian: л���е (lú�še)
Slovene: boljši m, boljša f, boljše n
Spanish: t+|es|mejor
Swedish: t+|sv|bättre
Turkish: daha iyi
Vietnamese: t�t hơn, khá hơn; khoẻ hơn (comparative form of well, as in "healthier")
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Adverb
better

1. comparative of|well|langEnglish|POSadverb

Related terms
best
had better
'd better

Translations
trans-top|comparative form of the adverb well
Hindi: (behtar)
Icelandic: betur
Interlingua: melio
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Slovene: bolje
Swedish: t+|sv|bättre
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Verb
en-verb|betters|bettering|bettered|bettered

1. To improve.

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|to improve
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Swedish: förbättra
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Etymology 2
Alternate pronunciation of term|bettor or modern fomation from the the verb to term|bet.

Noun
en-noun

1. alternative spelling of|bettor

Category:Betting

Frisian

Adjective
infl|fy|adjective

1. #English|better

ang:better
fa:better
fr:better
gl:better
ko:better
hy:better
io:better
it:better
ku:better
hu:better
ja:better
pl:better
pt:better
simple:better
fi:better
te:better
vi:better
tr:better
zh:better

• 2007-12-21 15:02 - Pistachio - no connection between better and behtar

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