extraordinaire
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from French extraordinaire
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
extraordinaire (not comparable)
- (postpositive) Extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding.
- (postpositive) (of a person) Particularly skilled; unusually active; particularly successful.
- He was a dancer extraordinaire.
- Charlie Parker, saxophonist extraordinaire, released many records.
Noun[edit]
extraordinaire (uncountable)
- 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."
- 2012, Lonely Planet, Nicola Williams, Kerry Christiani, Lonely Planet Switzerland
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin extraordinārius.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
extraordinaire m, f (plural extraordinaires)
- extraordinary, out of the ordinary
External links[edit]
- “extraordinaire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
