supremo
See also: Supremo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian supremo (“supreme”). Doublet of supreme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suːˈpɹiːməʊ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iːməʊ
Noun
supremo (plural supremos or supremoes)
- (informal) The most important person in an organization.
- 1986, Peter King, The Viceroy's Fall: How Kitchener Destroyed Curzon:
- Kitchener was, of course, Secretary of State for War and virtual military supremo.
- Sep 25, 2007 - Tutankhamun was not black: Egypt antiquities chief (AFP)
- Egyptian antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass insisted Tuesday that Tutankhamun was not black despite calls by US black activists to recognise the boy king's dark skin colour.
- 2023 May 2, Samuel Fishwick, “The ‘secret romance’ that got everybody talking at the Met Gala”, in The Independent[1]:
- The hard launch of what appeared to be the hottest new relationship in town – Billanna? Winty? – at the 2023 Met Gala saw Vogue supremo Wintour, who has hosted the Met Gala for 30 years, walk the red carpet arm in arm with the dashing and debonair Love Actually star, a man Clive James named “the nation’s leading male sexpot”.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈprɛ.mo/
- Rhymes: -ɛmo
- Hyphenation: su‧prè‧mo
Adjective
supremo (feminine suprema, masculine plural supremi, feminine plural supreme)
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
suprēmō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of suprēmus
References
- “supremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- supremo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suprēmus (“above”), from superus (“being above”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /suˈpɾẽ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /suˈpɾe.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈpɾe.mu/
- Hyphenation: su‧pre‧mo
Adjective
supremo (feminine suprema, masculine plural supremos, feminine plural supremas)
- dominant; supreme
- Synonym: dominante
- extreme; supreme (at the greatest, most excellent, extreme, etc.)
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈpɾemo/ [suˈpɾe.mo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -emo
- Syllabification: su‧pre‧mo
Adjective
supremo (feminine suprema, masculine plural supremos, feminine plural supremas)
Derived terms
- corte suprema
- salsa surprema
- ser supremo
- Tribunal Supremo
Related terms
Further reading
- “supremo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish supremo, from Latin suprēmus.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /suˈpɾemo/ [sʊˈpɾɛː.mo]
- Rhymes: -emo
- Syllabification: su‧pre‧mo
Noun
supremo (feminine suprema, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜓ)