extra

See also: extra-

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of extraordinary. See also extra-

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstɹə/

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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.
3. (Canada, US, slang) Over-the-top; going beyond what is normal or expected, often in a dramatic manner.

   You deleted your photos of her because she lost your Snapchat streak!? You're so extra!

Derived terms

• extraness

Translations

beyond what is due, usual

• Bulgarian: допълнителен (bg) (dopǎlnitelen), извънреден (bg) (izvǎnreden)
• Czech: navíc (cs), extra
• Danish: ekstra (da)
• Dutch: extra (nl)
• Esperanto: aldona, kroma, ekstra (eo), plia
• Estonian: liigne
• Finnish: ylimääräinen (fi), lisä- (fi), ekstra- (fi)
• French: supplémentaire (fr)
• Galician: extra
• Hungarian: többlet (hu)
• Icelandic: auka-, extra (informal)

• Italian: extra (it)
• Japanese: 余分な (よぶんな, yobunna)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: extra (pt)
• Russian: дополни́тельный (ru) (dopolnítelʹnyj), доба́вочный (ru) (dobávočnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: a bharrachd
• Spanish: extra (es), exceso (es), adicional (es)
• Swahili: ziada (sw)
• Swedish: extra (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Walloon: di rawete

extraordinarily good

• Estonian: lisa-
• Finnish: ylimääräinen (fi), lisä- (fi)

• Swahili: ziada (sw)
• Walloon: estra

over-the-top

• Russian: что́-то с че́м-то (štó-to s čém-to)

Adverb

extra (not comparable)

1. (informal) To an extraordinary degree.

   That day he ran to school extra fast.

Translations

to an extraordinary degree

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: հատկապես (hy) (hatkapes)
• Bulgarian: особено (bg) (osobeno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 額外 (zh), 额外 (zh) (èwài), 超級 (zh), 超级 (zh) (chāojí)

• Dutch: extra (nl)
• Finnish: erityisen
• French: particulièrement (fr)
• German: besonders (de)

• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: eccezionalmente (it), straordinariamente (it)
• Japanese: 余分に (ja) (よぶんに, yobun-ni)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: extremamente (pt)
• Russian: осо́бенно (ru) (osóbenno), осо́бо (ru) (osóbo)
• Spanish: extremadamente (es)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Noun

extra (plural extras)

1. Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
2. An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle.

   Extra, extra! Read all about it!

3. (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.
4. (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
5. Something of an extra quality or grade. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• (something additional): addition, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Derived terms

• wuxtry

Translations

(cricket) wide, bye, leg bye or no ball

extra edition of a newspaper

• Bulgarian: извънредно издание n (izvǎnredno izdanie)
• Finnish: lisänumero
• French: hors-série (fr) m
• Japanese: 号外 (ごうがい, gōgai)

• Russian: э́кстренный вы́пуск m (ékstrennyj výpusk)
• Swahili: ziada (sw)
• Turkish: ilave (tr)

person in a play or movie with a minimal part — see walk-on

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} ekstra (no)

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} exceso (es)

Derived terms

• extra credit

Anagrams

• Artex, retax, taxer

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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

• expres

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French

Adjective

extra (plural extras)

1. extra, additional
2. great, super, famous

Noun

extra m, f (plural extras)

1. extra, supplement

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.tʁa/

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Adjective

extra (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of Extra- (“extra, special, additional”)

   Das is’n ganz extra Rezept von meiner Mutter.

   This is a very special recipe of my mother’s.

Usage notes

• In formal standard German, Extra- is a prefix attached to the following noun. In colloquial German, however, it is often treated like a real adjective. The substantival (or partitive) form used with indefinite pronouns may also take -s: was Extras (“something additional, something on top”).

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

• (specifically): eigens
• (on purpose): absichtlich; mit Absicht
• (separately): einzeln; getrennt; separat
• (particularly): besonders; sehr

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Hungarian

Etymology

From German extra, from Latin extra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛkstrɒ]

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• Hyphenation: ext‧ra

Adjective

extra (comparative extrább, superlative legextrább)

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

   extra kiadások ― extra 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

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Ido

Adjective

extra

1. extra

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Italian

Adjective

extra (invariable)

1. extra
2. select (best quality)

Noun

extra m (invariable)

1. extra (something additional)

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Preposition

extrā

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

Derived terms

• extrāneus
• extrārius
• extrā omnēs ('out, all of you.', 'everybody else, out')

Descendants

• Aromanian: strã-
• English: extra-
• Friulian: stra-
• Italian: extra-, estra-, stra-

• Portuguese: extra-
• Romanian: extra-, stră-
• French: extra-
• Spanish: extra-

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
• extra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Portuguese

Adjective

extra m, f (plural extras, comparable)

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

Synonyms

• adicional

Noun

extra m (plural extras)

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

Synonyms

• (bonus): bónus

Noun

extra m, f (plural extras)

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

Synonyms

• figurante

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Spanish

Adjective

extra (plural extras)

1. additional, extra
2. superior
3. extraordinary

Synonyms

• (extraordinary): extraordinario

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

extra

1. extra

Related terms

• extrainkomst
• extraknäck
• extraordinarie
• extraordinär
• extrapolera
• extrapris
• extravagant

Adverb

extra

1. extra