"supreme" in seven languages
Meaningsupreme
Spanish
supremo
/suˈpɾemo/
learned
French
suprême
/sypʁɛm/
learned
Italian
supremo
/suˈprɛmo/
learned
Portuguese
supremo
/suˈpɾemu/
learned
Romanian
suprem
/suˈprem/
learned
Catalan
suprem
/suˈpɾɛm/
learned
English
supreme
/səˈpɹim/
from Latin/French · Latin SUPRĒMUS
English → ItaliansupremesupremoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SUPRĒMUM‘highest, last (superlative of SUPERUS 'upper')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A learned superlative, the same everywhere. The French circumflex here marks no lost s: a reminder that ^ is not always a missing letter.
English relatives: supremacy, super, superior
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In a sentence
- esEl caso llegó al Tribunal Supremo.
- frL'affaire est arrivée devant la Cour suprême.
- itIl caso è arrivato alla Corte suprema.
- ptO caso chegou ao Supremo Tribunal Federal.
- roCazul a ajuns la Curtea Supremă.
- caEl cas va arribar al Tribunal Suprem.
- enThe case reached the Supreme Court.
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