ultra

ultra

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English

Etymology

    From Latin ultra.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈʌltɹə/

    Adjective

    ultra (comparative more ultra, superlative most ultra)

    1. Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.
      an ultra reformer; ultra measures

    Noun

    ultra (plural ultras)

    1. An ultraroyalist in France.
    2. An extremist, especially an ultranationalist.
    3. (soccer) An especially devoted football fan, typically associated with the intimidating use of extremist slogans, pyrotechnics and sometimes hooligan violence.
    4. (athletics) An ultramarathon.
    5. (climbing) An ultra-prominent peak.
    6. (usually capitalized) Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.

    Related terms

    • ulterior
    • ultimate
    • ultra-

    Anagrams

    • lutar

    Catalan

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin ultra.

    Adjective

    ultra m or f (masculine and feminine plural ultres)

    1. extreme

    Noun

    ultra m or f by sense (plural ultres)

    1. extremist

    Preposition

    ultra

    1. in addition to, besides
      Synonyms: demés, de més de, en addició a, sobre

    Derived terms

    • ultra mesura

    Further reading

    • “ultra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

    Finnish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈultrɑ/, [ˈul̪.t̪rɑ̝]
    • Rhymes: -ultrɑ
    • Hyphenation(key): ult‧ra

    Noun

    ultra

    1. (aviation) Ellipsis of ultrakevyt (“ultralight”). (aircraft that weighs very little)
    2. Ellipsis of ultraäänitutkimus.

    Declension

    Synonyms

    • (aircraft): ultrakevyt, ultrakevyt lentokone, UL-kone

    Further reading

    • “ultra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

    French

    Etymology

    From Latin ultrā. Doublet of outre.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /yl.tʁa/

    Adjective

    ultra (plural ultras)

    1. ultra, extreme

    Noun

    ultra m or f by sense (plural ultras)

    1. extremist
    2. (historical) an ultra-royalist during the Bourbon Restoration period in France

    Further reading

    • “ultra”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

    Ido

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English ultra, French outre, Italian oltre, Spanish ultra.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈultra/

    Adjective

    ultra

    1. ultra: beyond due limit
    2. further, additional

    Derived terms

    References

    • Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 90
    • Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 593
    • Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 481

    Latin

    Etymology

      From ūls +‎ -ter +‎ -ā (adverb ending). See also citrā, intrā, extrā.

      The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional.

      Pronunciation

      • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈul.traː/, [ˈʊɫ̪t̪räː]
      • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈul.tra/, [ˈul̪t̪rä]

      Preposition

      ultrā (+ accusative)

      1. beyond

      Adverb

      ultrā (not comparable)

      1. beyond, further
        Synonym: ultrō
        Antonyms: citrā, hinc
      2. additionally, besides

      Descendants

      References

      • “ultra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “ultra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • ultra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
      • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “ultra”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)

      Anagrams

      • lutra

      Romanian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from French ultra.

      Adjective

      ultra m or f or n (indeclinable)

      1. ultra, extreme

      Declension

      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈultɾa/ [ˈul̪.t̪ɾa]
      • Rhymes: -ultɾa
      • Syllabification: ul‧tra

      Adjective

      ultra m or f (masculine and feminine plural ultras)

      1. extreme
      2. far-right

      Adverb

      ultra

      1. (obsolete) furthermore, in addition, moreover
        Synonym: además

      Noun

      ultra m or f by sense (plural ultras)

      1. far-right extremist
      2. hooligan, hardened fan

      Further reading

      • “ultra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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