améliorer

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French ameillorer, from a prefixed version of Late Latin meliōrāre, a verb based on Latin meliārī (“better”). The modern French form was modified under Latin influence, hence the otherwise-unexpected /lj/ (instead of /j/ < /ʎ/). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.me.ljɔ.ʁe/ === Verb === améliorer (transitive) to improve, better, ameliorate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== améliorable amélioration mélioratif ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: ameliora === Further reading === “améliorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012