"numero uno" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: numero unos [plural]
Etymology: From either Spanish número uno or Italian numero uno. Piecewise doublet of number one. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|número uno}} Spanish número uno, {{bor|en|it|numero uno}} Italian numero uno, {{piecewise doublet|en|number one}} Piecewise doublet of number one Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} numero uno (plural numero unos)
  1. (informal) The most important of a group. Tags: informal Related terms: look out for number one
    Sense id: en-numero_uno-en-noun-RjOJtIwI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Synonyms: baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig, big wheel, boss, grand poobah, head honcho, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high muckamuck, high muckety-muck, king of all one surveys, king of the castle, king of the hill, kingpin, macher [US], mayor, muckamuck, muckety muck, mugwump [masculine, usually], numero uno, poobah, rooster, somebody, top banana, top cat, top dog, top gun, very important person, VIP, wheel
  2. (informal) Oneself, especially one’s own interests. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-numero_uno-en-noun-SkrX0rbc Categories (other): One Disambiguation of One: 30 70

Noun [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|noun|g=m}} numero uno m
  1. the first in a series, or the most important in a group Tags: masculine Derived forms: nemico pubblico numero uno
    Sense id: en-numero_uno-it-noun-AS4u2mXa Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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