extra

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Abbreviation of extraordinary.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɛkstɹə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Hyphenation: ex‧tra

Adjective[edit]

extra (not generally comparable, comparative more extra, superlative most extra)

  1. (not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
    I don't mind doing some extra work, as long as I get extra pay.
  2. (not comparable, dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
  3. (comparable, slang) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.
    You unfollowed her for posting cat memes? You're so extra!
    Wow, you're more extra than she is. You're the most extra friend I have.
    • 2017, Yael Livneh, "Whole Foods", in "Get The Inside Soup: Staffers Review Local Soup Stops", 3 February 2017, page 23:
      I highly recommend getting some more bread on the side—they offer small loaves and soup crackers for free, but I'm so extra, I bought my own loaf.
    • 2017 November, Claire Craig, “#Instabeauty”, in Northern Woman, page 48:
      Shattered glass, pierced, bejewelled, chromed and glittered - nails are going totally extra on Insta at the minute and we approve.
    • 2019, Michelle Spottswood, quoted in Kirby Myers, "Does Christmas in your house start before or after Thanksgiving", Key West Weekly, 21 November 2019, page 7:
      Two months of Christmas trees, Christmas movies and Christmas music brings so much fun to our home, we are so extra with it!
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:extra.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Determiner[edit]

extra

  1. Denotes more.
    She wants extra pickles on her burger.

See also[edit]

Adverb[edit]

extra (not comparable)

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

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.
    Synonyms: addition, supplement
  2. An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event.
    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.
    Synonym: sundry
  4. (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
  5. (slang) The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.
    Stop! I can't deal with all your extra today!
  6. Something of an extra quality or grade. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

person in a play or movie with a minimal part — see walk-on
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Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Adjective[edit]

extra (invariable)

  1. of the highest quality

Adjective[edit]

extra m or f (masculine and feminine plural extres)

  1. extra (beyond what is due)

Noun[edit]

extra m or f by sense (plural extres)

  1. extra, walk-on

Further reading[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin extra, influenced by French and Middle French extraordinaire.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛks.traː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: extra

Adverb[edit]

extra

  1. extra

Adjective[edit]

extra (not comparable)

  1. extra
  2. (Limburg) on purpose

Inflection[edit]

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

Descendants[edit]

  • → Indonesian: ekstra

Noun[edit]

extra m (plural extra's, diminutive extraatje n)

  1. something extra, something in addition

See also[edit]

French[edit]

Adjective[edit]

extra (plural extras)

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

Descendants[edit]

Noun[edit]

extra m or f by sense (plural extras)

  1. extra, supplement

Further reading[edit]

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

extra (strong nominative masculine singular extraer, 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

extra

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

Usage notes[edit]

  • In the sense of “specifically”, extra has entered the standard language and is now frequently seen in writing. The other senses remain colloquial.

Further reading[edit]

  • “extra” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “extra” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German extra, from Latin extra.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

extra (comparative extrább, superlative legextrább)

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

Declension[edit]

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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		extráé extráké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		extráéi extrákéi

Noun[edit]

extra (plural extrák)

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

Declension[edit]

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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		extráé extráké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		extráéi extrákéi
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[edit]

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • extra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • extra in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Ido[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

extra

  1. extra

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

extra (invariable)

  1. extra
  2. select (best quality)

Noun[edit]

extra m (invariable)

  1. extra (something additional)

Preposition[edit]

extra

  1. outside of, aside from, not including

References[edit]

  1. ^ extra in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

extrā (comparative exterius, no superlative)

  1. on the outside
    Synonyms: extrīnsecus, forīs

Preposition[edit]

extrā (+ accusative)

  1. outside of
  2. beyond

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • “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
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “extra”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 232
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “extra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 330

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɐjʃ.tɾɐ/, /ˈɛʃ.tɾɐ/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɛjʃ.tɾɐ/, /ˈɛʃ.tɾɐ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɛjʃ.tɾɐ/, /ˈɛʃ.tɾɐ/

  • Hyphenation: ex‧tra

Adjective[edit]

extra m or f (plural extras)

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

Noun[edit]

extra m (plural extras)

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

Noun[edit]

extra m or f by sense (plural extras)

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

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɡstɾa/ [ˈeɣ̞s.t̪ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -eɡstɾa
  • Syllabification: ex‧tra

Adjective[edit]

extra (plural extras)

  1. additional, extra
  2. superior
  3. extraordinary
    Synonym: extraordinario

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

extra m or f by sense (plural extras)

  1. extra (in a film)

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

extra

  1. extra

Related terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

extra

  1. extra
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