English Online Dictionary. What means ultra? What does ultra mean?
English
Etymology
From Latin ultra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʌltɹə/
Adjective
ultra (comparative more ultra, superlative most ultra)
- Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.
- an ultra reformer; ultra measures
Noun
ultra (plural ultras)
- An ultraroyalist in France.
- An extremist, especially an ultranationalist.
- (soccer) An especially devoted football fan, typically associated with the intimidating use of extremist slogans, pyrotechnics and sometimes hooligan violence.
- (athletics) An ultramarathon.
- (climbing) An ultra-prominent peak.
- (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
- (aviation) Short for ultrakevyt (“ultralight”). (aircraft that weighs very little)
- 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)
- ultra, extreme
Noun
ultra m or f by sense (plural ultras)
- extremist
- (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
- ultra: beyond due limit
- 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)
- beyond
Adverb
ultrā (not comparable)
- beyond, further
- Synonym: ultrō
- Antonyms: citrā, hinc
- 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)
- 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)
- extreme
- far-right
Adverb
ultra
- (obsolete) furthermore, in addition, moreover
- Synonym: además
Noun
ultra m or f by sense (plural ultras)
- far-right extremist
- hooligan, hardened fan
Further reading
- “ultra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014