"pole position" meaning in All languages combined

See pole position on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pole positions [plural]
Etymology: See pole position § Origin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Etymology templates: {{pedia|pole position#Origin|pole position § Origin}} pole position § Origin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pole position (countable and uncountable, plural pole positions)
  1. (motor racing) The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Motor racing Related terms: bubble position, polesitter, inside track, racing line Translations (top qualifying position): posició preferent [feminine] (Catalan), pole position (Czech), poleposition [masculine] (Dutch), polepositie [feminine] (Dutch), paalupaikka (Finnish), pole position [feminine] (French), position de tête [feminine] (French), primeira posición [feminine] (Galician), Poleposition [feminine] (German), pole position [feminine] (Italian), poziționare de favorit [feminine] (Romanian), poziție de favoare [feminine] (Romanian), primera posición [feminine] (Spanish), pole [feminine] (Spanish), pole position (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pole_position-en-noun-urp5Zz2- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports Disambiguation of 'top qualifying position': 92 8
  2. (by extension) First place. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (first place): první místo [neuter] (Czech), paalupaikka (Finnish), primeira posición [feminine] (Galician), loc în frunte [neuter] (Romanian), poziție în față (Romanian), rândul întâi [neuter] (Romanian), primera posición [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pole_position-en-noun-O7M0EvSr Disambiguation of 'first place': 0 100

Noun [Italian]

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English pole position. Etymology templates: {{ubor|it|en|pole position}} Unadapted borrowing from English pole position Head templates: {{it-noun|f|#|nolinkhead=1}} pole position f (invariable)
  1. (motor racing, also figurative) pole position (both senses) Tags: also, feminine, figuratively, invariable Categories (topical): Motor racing
    Sense id: en-pole_position-it-noun-ca3-e~KI Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports

Inflected forms

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