Portuguese

Proper noun

Supremo m

1. Short for Supremo Tribunal Federal.

English

Noun

supremo ‎(plural supremos)

1. 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.

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. supreme

Anagrams

• presumo, prosume, spumerò

Latin

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “supremo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin suprēmus ‎(“supreme”), 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.)

Synonyms

• (dominant): dominante
• (extreme): excelso, extremo, máximo, superior

Antonyms

• (extreme): mínimo

Related terms

• supremacia
• supremamente
• suprematista

Spanish

Adjective

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

1. supreme