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Webster 1913 Edition
Extra
Ex′tra
,Adj.
Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior;
“By working extra hours.” as,
extra
work; extra
pay. H. Spencer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Extra
EXTRA
, A Latin preposition, denoting beyond or excess; as extra-work, extra-pay, work or pay beyond what is usual or agreed on.Definition 2024
extra
extra
See also: extra-
English
Adjective
extra (not comparable)
- Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
- extra work; extra pay
- (dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
Derived terms
Translations
Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary
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Extraordinarily good; superior; as extra work, extra pay
Adverb
extra (not comparable)
- (informal) To an extraordinary degree.
- That day he ran to school extra fast.
Translations
to an extraordinary degree
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Noun
extra (plural extras)
- (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball; in Australia referred to as a sundry.
- An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle.
- Extra, extra! Read all about it!
- A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
- Something of an extra quality or grade. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
Translations
(cricket) wide, bye, leg bye or no ball
extra edition of a newspaper
person in a play or movie with a minimal part — see walk-on
Derived terms
- extra credit
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
extra (not comparable)
- extra
- (Limburg) on purpose
Inflection
Inflection of extra | ||||
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uninflected | extra | |||
inflected | extra | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | extra | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | extra | ||
n. sing. | extra | |||
plural | extra | |||
definite | extra | |||
partitive | extra's |
See also
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛks.tʁa/
Adverb
extra
- specifically (for a given purpose)
- Das Wrack wurde mit extra entworfenen Bergungskränen gehoben.
- The wreck was lifted with specifically designed salvage cranes.
- Das Wrack wurde mit extra entworfenen Bergungskränen gehoben.
- (colloquial) on purpose
- Das hab ich doch nich’ extra gemacht!
- I didn't do that on purpose!
- Das hab ich doch nich’ extra gemacht!
- (colloquial) aside, apart, separately
- Können Sie mir die Fritten und die Wurst extra abpacken?
- Could you wrap the fries and the sausage separately?
- Können Sie mir die Fritten und die Wurst extra abpacken?
- (colloquial) particularly, very
- Vorsicht! Der Tee is’ extra heiß!
- Be careful! The tea is extra hot!
- Vorsicht! Der Tee is’ extra heiß!
Usage notes
In the sense of “specifically”, extra has entered the standard language and is now frequently seen in writing. The other senses remain colloquial.
Synonyms
- (specifically): eigens
- (on purpose): absichtlich; mit Absicht
- (separately): einzeln; getrennt; separat
- (particularly): besonders; sehr
Hungarian
Etymology
From German extra, from Latin extra.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛkstrɒ]
- Hyphenation: ext‧ra
Adjective
extra (comparative extrább, superlative legextrább)
- extra (beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional)
- extra kiadások ― extra expenses
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | extra | extrák |
accusative | extrát | extrákat |
dative | extrának | extráknak |
instrumental | extrával | extrákkal |
causal-final | extráért | extrákért |
translative | extrává | extrákká |
terminative | extráig | extrákig |
essive-formal | extraként | extrákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | extrában | extrákban |
superessive | extrán | extrákon |
adessive | extránál | extráknál |
illative | extrába | extrákba |
sublative | extrára | extrákra |
allative | extrához | extrákhoz |
elative | extrából | extrákból |
delative | extráról | extrákról |
ablative | extrától | extráktól |
Noun
extra (plural extrák)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | extra | extrák |
accusative | extrát | extrákat |
dative | extrának | extráknak |
instrumental | extrával | extrákkal |
causal-final | extráért | extrákért |
translative | extrává | extrákká |
terminative | extráig | extrákig |
essive-formal | extraként | extrákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | extrában | extrákban |
superessive | extrán | extrákon |
adessive | extránál | extráknál |
illative | extrába | extrákba |
sublative | extrára | extrákra |
allative | extrához | extrákhoz |
elative | extrából | extrákból |
delative | extráról | extrákról |
ablative | extrától | extráktól |
Possessive forms of extra | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | extrám | extráim |
2nd person sing. | extrád | extráid |
3rd person sing. | extrája | extrái |
1st person plural | extránk | extráink |
2nd person plural | extrátok | extráitok |
3rd person plural | extrájuk | extráik |
References
- ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2
Latin
Etymology
Adverb contracted from the ablative exterā (parte), of exter.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈek.straː/, [ˈɛk.straː]
Preposition
extrā
Derived terms
- extrā omnēs ('out, all of you.', 'everybody else, out')
Descendants
References
- extra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- extra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “extra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen extra ripas diffluit
- to go outside the gate: extra portam egredi
- joking apart: extra iocum, remoto ioco (Fam. 7. 11. 3)
- to pass the limit: extra modum prodire
- beyond all measure: extra, praeter modum
- to be free from blame: extra culpam esse
- to be out of range: extra teli iactum, coniectum esse
- the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen extra ripas diffluit
- extra in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Adjective
extra m, f (plural extras, comparable)
- extra (beyond what is due, usual, expected or necessary)
Synonyms
Noun
extra m (plural extras)
Synonyms
- (bonus): bónus
Noun
extra m f (plural extras)
Synonyms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adjective
extra
Related terms
- extrainkomst
- extraknäck
- extraordinarie
- extraordinär
- extrapolera
- extrapris
- extravagant
Adverb
extra