Superlative forms are used to express something/someone's superiority or inferiority on all else = the most / the least [adjective]; the [adjective]-est.
Here are some examples of superlatives of adjectives in French:
To form the Superlative of adjectives in French, you will follow this pattern:
definite article (le/la/les) + plus/moins + [adjective]
ATTENTION:
Both the definite article and the adjective must agree in gender and number with the noun they refer to.
See also these related Superlative lessons:
Le plus and le moins = the most and the least (superlative of adverbs)
Forming the superlative of adjectives in complex cases
And Comparative structures:
Plus... plus..., moins... moins... = the more...the more..., the less...the less... (comparisons with phrases)
Better and better, worse and worse = de mieux en mieux, de pire en pire (comparisons)
De plus en plus and de moins en moins = more and more and less and less (comparisons with adjectives, adverbs, verbs)
De plus en plus de and de moins en moins de = more and more and less and less (comparisons of nouns)
Making comparisons with adjectives: plus... que, aussi... que, moins... que
Making comparisons with adverbs: plus... que, aussi... que, moins... que
Making comparisons with verbs: plus que, autant que, moins que
Making comparisons with nouns: plus de... que, moins de... que, autant de... que
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