ultra-

See also: ultra and ultrà

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌltɹə/

Prefix

ultra-

1. Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in ultrasecret.
2. Beyond, on the far side of, as in ultraviolet.
3. Beyond, outside of, as in ultrasonic.
4. Excessively, to an extreme, as in ultramicroscopic, ultra-careful.
   • 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[1], volume 188, number 23, page 19:

     In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […]  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.

Usage notes

• Productive in all senses. The hyphen is included when the use is relatively unfamiliar, as in ultra-careful.

Antonyms

• infra-

Derived terms

• ultra-scalable

English terms prefixed with ultra-

Translations

greater than normal quantity or importance

• Japanese: 超 (ちょう, chō)
• Malay: ultra-
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• Russian: сверх- (ru) (sverx-)
• Scottish Gaelic: os-

beyond, on the far side of

• Czech: ultra-
• Japanese: 超 (ちょう, chō)
• Russian: ультра- (ru) (ulʹtra-)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Scottish Gaelic: os-

beyond, outside of

• Japanese: 超 (ちょう, chō)
• Russian: сверх- (ru) (sverx-)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Scottish Gaelic: os-

excessively, to an extreme

• Japanese: 超 (ちょう, chō)
• Russian: ультра- (ru) (ulʹtra-), сверх- (ru) (sverx-)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Scottish Gaelic: os-

Anagrams

• lutar

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ultra ]

Prefix

ultra-

1. ultra-

   ‎ultra- + ‎fialový → ‎ultrafialový

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with ultra-

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC
• Template:R:Slovnik afixu

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ultra-/, [ˈultˢʁ̥ɑˈ-], [ˈultˢʁ̥ɑˌ-]

Prefix

ultra-

1. ultra- (beyond, on the far side of; beyond, outside of)
   • ultralyd, ultraviolet
2. (informal) ultra- (greater than normal quantity or importance, excessively, to an extreme)
   • ultralet, ultrakort, ultramoderne, ultratynd

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʏl.traː/

Prefix

ultra-

1. ultra- (beyond, on the far side of; beyond, outside of)

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French

Prefix

ultra-

1. ultra-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with ultra-

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ultrā (“beyond”).

Prefix

ultra-

1. ultra-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with ultra-

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Norwegian Bokmål

Prefix

ultra-

1. ultra- (as for English)

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with ultra-

References

• “ultra-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Prefix

ultra-

1. ultra- (as for English)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with ultra-

References

• “ultra-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ultrā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ultɾa/ [ul̪.t̪ɾa]

Prefix

1. ultra-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with ultra-

Further reading

• “ultra-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014