meyor

Inherited from Latin meliōrem.

• IPA^(key): /meˈʝoɾ/ [meˈʝoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: me‧yor

meyor (epicene, plural meyores)

1. better

   Antonym: pior

meyor

1. better

   Antonym: pior

• “meyor (adjective)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• “meyor (adverb)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “meyor”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Borrowed from English mayor. Doublet of mayor.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmejoɾ/ [ˈme.joɾ], /ˈmejjoɾ/ [ˈmeɪ̯.joɾ]
• Hyphenation: me‧yor

méyor (feminine meyora, Basahan spelling ᜋᜒᜌᜓᜍ᜔)

1. mayor (head of a town or city)

   Synonym: alkalde

Borrowed from English mayor, from Middle English maire, from Old French maire, from Latin maior. Doublet of mayor and medyor.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmeoɾ/ [ˈmɛː.oɾ]
• Rhymes: -eoɾ
• Syllabification: me‧yor

meyor (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜌᜓᜇ᜔) (government)

1. mayor of a city or municipality/town

   Synonyms: alkalde, punong-bayan, punong-lungsod, (back slang) yorme

   Coordinate term: mayora

• “meyor”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “meyor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• English, Leo James (1987), Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 909
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 708

• yorme