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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;
as,
extra
work;
extra
pay.
“By working extra hours.”
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)

  1. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
    extra work; extra pay
  2. (dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

extra (not comparable)

  1. (informal) To an extraordinary degree.
    That day he ran to school extra fast.

Translations

Noun

extra (plural extras)

  1. (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.
  2. An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle.
    Extra, extra! Read all about it!
  3. A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
  4. Something of an extra quality or grade. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Translations

Derived terms

  • extra credit

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

extra (not comparable)

  1. extra
  2. (Limburg) on purpose

Inflection

Inflection of extra
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

  1. specifically (for a given purpose)
    Das Wrack wurde mit extra entworfenen Bergungskränen gehoben.
    The wreck was lifted with specifically designed salvage cranes.
  2. (colloquial) on purpose
    Das hab ich doch nich’ extra gemacht!
    I didn't do that on purpose!
  3. (colloquial) aside, apart, separately
    Können Sie mir die Fritten und die Wurst extra abpacken?
    Could you wrap the fries and the sausage separately?
  4. (colloquial) particularly, very
    Vorsicht! Der Tee is’ extra heiß!
    Be careful! The tea is extra hot!

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


Hungarian

Etymology

From German extra, from Latin extra.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛkstrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ext‧ra

Adjective

extra (comparative extrább, superlative legextrább)

  1. extra (beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional)
    extra kiadásokextra expenses

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

Noun

extra (plural extrák)

  1. luxury features (e.g. in vehicles)

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
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

  1. Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Ido

Adjective

extra

  1. extra

Italian

Adjective

extra (invariable)

  1. extra
  2. select (best quality)

Noun

extra m (invariable)

  1. extra (something additional)

Latin

Etymology

Adverb contracted from the ablative exterā (parte), of exter.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈek.straː/, [ˈɛk.straː]

Preposition

extrā

  1. (with accusative) outside of
  2. (with accusative) beyond

Derived terms

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
  • 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)

  1. extra (beyond what is due, usual, expected or necessary)

Synonyms

Noun

extra m (plural extras)

  1. anything that is extra
  2. bonus (extra amount of money given as a premium)

Synonyms

Noun

extra m f (plural extras)

  1. (film) extra; walk-on (actor in a small role with no dialogue)

Synonyms


Spanish

Adjective

extra m, f (plural extras)

  1. additional, extra
  2. superior
  3. extraordinary

Synonyms


Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

extra

  1. extra

Related terms

Adverb

extra

  1. extra