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 capitalised) Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.

Related terms

• ulterior
• ultimate
• ultra-

Anagrams

• lutar

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈultrɑ/, [ˈul̪t̪rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ultrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ult‧ra

Noun

ultra

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

Declension

Synonyms

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

Further reading

• "ultra" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).

French

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): /ˈul.tra/

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 uls + -ter + -ā (adverb). See also citrā, intrā, extrā.

The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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^[1], 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014