Topic summary
Comparative
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
Formation of comparatives and superlatives
Comparatives and superlatives may be formed in morphology by inflection, as with the English and German-er and -(e)st forms and Latin's -ior (superior, excelsior), or syntactically, as with the English more... and most... and the Frenchplus... and le plus... forms. Common adjectives and adverbs often produce irregular forms, such as better and best (from good) and less and least (from little/few) in English, and meilleur (from bon) and mieux (from the adverb bien) in French.