extraordinaire

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French extraordinaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˌstɹɔː(ɹ).dɪˈnɛː(ɹ)/

Adjective

extraordinaire (not comparable)

1. (postpositive) Extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding.
2. (postpositive) (of a person) Particularly skilled; unusually active; particularly successful.

   He was a dancer extraordinaire.

   Charlie Parker, saxophonist extraordinaire, released many records.

Noun

extraordinaire (uncountable)

1. Something particularly remarkable or outstanding.
   • 2012, Lonely Planet, ‎Nicola Williams, ‎Kerry Christiani, Lonely Planet Switzerland

     "The very best of Swiss dining in this essentially rural country is as much about experience as culinary extraordinaire."

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extraordinārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.stʁa.ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ/, IPA^(key): /ɛk.stʁɔʁ.di.nɛʁ/

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Adjective

extraordinaire (plural extraordinaires)

1. extraordinary, out of the ordinary

   Antonym: ordinaire

Further reading

• “extraordinaire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).