supremo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian supremo (“supreme”). Doublet of supreme.

Noun

supremo (plural supremos)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• ur-poems

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supremus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.ˈprɛ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɛmo
• Hyphenation: su‧prè‧mo

Adjective

supremo (feminine singular suprema, masculine plural supremi, feminine plural supreme)

1. supreme

Anagrams

• presumo, prosume, spumerò

Adjective

suprēmō

1. dative masculine singular of suprēmus
2. dative neuter singular of suprēmus
3. ablative masculine singular of suprēmus
4. ablative 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suprēmus (“above”), from superus (“being above”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ˈpɾe.mu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ˈpɾe.mo/
• Hyphenation: su‧pre‧mo

Adjective

supremo m (feminine singular suprema, masculine plural supremos, feminine plural supremas, comparable)

1. dominant; supreme
2. extreme; supreme (at the greatest, most excellent, extreme, etc.)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supremus.

Adjective

supremo (feminine singular suprema, masculine plural supremos, feminine plural supremas)

1. supreme