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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin extractum , neuter perfect passive participle of extrahō , from ex- ( “ out of ” ) + trahō ( “ I drag ” ) .
Pronunciation
( noun ) : enPR : ĕks'trăkt , IPA (key ) : /ˈɛkstɹækt/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
( verb ) : enPR : ĭkstrăkt' , IPA (key ) : /ɪksˈtɹækt/ , IPA (key ) : /ɛksˈtɹækt/
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Rhymes: -ækt
Noun
extract (plural extracts )
Something that is extracted or drawn out.
A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation ; a quotation .
I used an extract of Hemingway's book to demonstrate culture shock.
A decoction , solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
vanilla extract
extract of beef
extract of dandelion
Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract ).
( obsolete ) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.
Ancestry ; descent.
A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
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portion of a document
Bulgarian: извадка (bg) f ( izvadka ) , извлечение (bg) n ( izvlečenie )
Danish: uddrag (da) n
Dutch: fragment (nl) n
Finnish: ote (fi) , katkelma (fi) , lainaus (fi)
French: extrait (fr) m
German: Auszug (de) m
Greek: απόσπασμα (el) n ( apóspasma )
Hungarian: kivonat (hu) , részlet (hu) , szemelvény (hu)
Italian: estratto (it) f
Maltese: silta f
Maori: wāhanga , hīkarotanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utdrag (no) n
Nynorsk: utdrag n
Polish: wypis m , wyjątek (pl) m , wyciąg (pl) m
Romanian: extras (ro)
Russian: вы́держка (ru) f ( výderžka )
Spanish: extracto (es) m , fragmento (es) m , pasaje (es) m
Swedish: utdrag (sv) n
Ukrainian: ви́тяг m ( výtjah )
solution made by drawing out from a substance
Bulgarian: екстракт (bg) m ( ekstrakt )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 精 ( zing1 )
Mandarin: 精 (zh) ( jīng )
Czech: extrakt (cs) m , výtažek m
Finnish: uutos , uute (fi)
French: extrait (fr)
German: Extrakt (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: ἀπόζεμα n ( apózema ) , ἀπόζεσμα n ( apózesma )
Hebrew: תַּמְצִית (he) f ( tamtzít )
Hungarian: esszencia (hu) , sűrítmény (hu) , párlat (hu) , kivonat (hu)
Indonesian: ekstrak (id) , pati (id) , sari (id)
Italian: estratto (it)
Japanese: エキス (ja) ( ekisu ) , 越幾斯 ( ekisu ) ( dated )
Latin: extractum m
Malay: sari (ms) , ekstrak
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uttrekk n
Nynorsk: uttrekk n
Persian: عصاره (fa) ( 'osâre )
Polish: wyciąg (pl) m , ekstrakt (pl) m
Portuguese: extrato (pt)
Romanian: extract (ro) n
Russian: экстра́кт (ru) m ( ekstrákt ) , вы́тяжка (ru) f ( výtjažka )
Spanish: extracto (es) m
Ukrainian: екстра́кт m ( ekstrákt ) , ви́тяжка f ( výtjažka )
solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug
See also
Verb
extract (third-person singular simple present extracts , present participle extracting , simple past extracted , past participle extracted or ( archaic ) extraught )
( transitive ) To draw out ; to pull out ; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger
2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel ”, in The Economist , volume 408 , number 8847 :The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).
( transitive ) To withdraw by squeezing , distillation , or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
to extract an essential oil from a plant
2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut ”, in The Economist , volume 407 , number 8842 , pages 72–3 :Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
( transitive ) To choose out; to cite or quote, for example a passage from a text.
1900 , James George Frazer, The Golden Bough , volume 2, page 332 :As his work is probably not easily accessible to many of my readers, I shall perhaps consult their convenience by extracting his description entire.
( transitive ) To select parts of a whole
We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat.
( transitive , arithmetic ) To determine (a root of a number).
Please extract the cube root of 27.
1953 , Samuel Beckett , Watt , 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press , published 1959 , →OCLC :[ …] Mr. Nackybal was thoroughly examined, both in cubing and extracting , from the table that Louit had provided.
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to draw out
Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: استخرج ( istaḵrag )
Bulgarian: вадя (bg) ( vadja ) , изваждам (bg) ( izvaždam )
Catalan: extreure (ca)
Czech: vytáhnout (cs)
Finnish: vetää ulos , poistaa (fi)
French: extraire (fr)
Old French: estraire
Friulian: gjavâ
Galician: extraer , arrincar
German: entnehmen (de) , herausziehen (de) , ziehen (de) ( tooth )
Greek: εξάγω (el) ( exágo )
Hebrew: חילץ ( khilétz ) , עקר (he) ( akár )
Hungarian: kihúz (hu) , kivesz (hu) , kiszed (hu) , ( to produce or present something ) előhúz (hu) , elővesz (hu)
Irish: bain
Italian: cavare (it)
Japanese: 抜歯する ( ばっしする, basshi suru ) ( tooth )
Maori: hīkaro , whakapūreo , whakapūrero , kohika
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сугалах (mn) ( sugalax ) ( tooth )
Norman: êrachi
Norwegian: ekstrahere
Ottoman Turkish: چكمك ( çekmek )
Persian: بیرون کشیدن ( birun kešidan )
Polish: wyciągnąć (pl) pf , wyciągać (pl) impf , wydobyć (pl) pf , wydobywać (pl) impf , wyrwać (pl) pf , wyrywać (pl) impf
Portuguese: extrair (pt)
Russian: извлека́ть (ru) impf ( izvlekátʹ ) , извле́чь (ru) pf ( izvléčʹ )
Spanish: extraer (es) , sacar (es)
Swedish: extrahera (sv)
Telugu: పీకు (te) ( pīku )
Ukrainian: витяга́ти impf ( vytjaháty ) , витя́гувати impf ( vytjáhuvaty ) , ви́тягти pf ( výtjahty ) , ви́тягнути pf ( výtjahnuty )
Venetian: cavar (vec)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch extract , from Latin extractum .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɛksˈtrɑkt/
Hyphenation: ex‧tract
Rhymes: -ɑkt
Noun
extract n (plural extracten )
extract , decoction
Synonym: aftreksel
( obsolete ) abridgement of a text
Synonym: uittreksel
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin extractus .
Noun
extract n (plural extracte )
extract
Declension