"superior, higher" in seven languages
Meaningsuperior, higher
Spanish
superior
/supeˈɾjoɾ/
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French
supérieur
/sypeʁjœʁ/
learned
Italian
superiore
/supeˈrjore/
learned
Portuguese
superior
/supeɾiˈoh/
learned
Romanian
superior
/superiˈor/
learned
Catalan
superior
/supəɾiˈo/
learned
English
superior
/səˈpɪɹiɚ/
from Latin/French · Latin SUPERIŌREM (via Old French)
English → Italiansuperior, highersuperioreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SUPERIŌREM‘higher (comparative of SUPERUS 'above')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Also the plain 'upper': el piso superior, l'étage supérieur, il piano superiore. French fronts the u to [y], as it does in every Latin u.
English relatives: super, supreme, superiority
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In a sentence
- esLa calidad es superior.
- frLa qualité est supérieure.
- itLa qualità è superiore.
- ptA qualidade é superior.
- roCalitatea este superioară.
- caLa qualitat és superior.
- enThe quality is superior.