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English
Etymology
From Latin ultra.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ultra (comparative more ultra, superlative most ultra)
- Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.
- an ultra reformer; ultra measures
Noun
ultra (plural ultras)
- An ultraroyalist in France.
1828, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XVI, in Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman. , volume I, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 114:Her soirées were among the most agreeable at Paris—she united all the rank and talent to be found in the ultra party, for she professed to be quite a female Mæcenas; […]
1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 37:"At any rate that is what he explained to me," I said hastily while the lawyer rubbed his long ultra's nose and sighed.
- An extremist, especially an ultranationalist.
- (soccer) An especially devoted football fan, typically associated with the intimidating use of extremist slogans, pyrotechnics and sometimes hooligan violence.
2012, ALINA BERNSTEIN, Neil Blain, Sport, Media, Culture: Global and Local Dimensions, Routledge, →ISBN, page 183:A similar view is expressed by a Turin supporter in Segre's study, but in this case it is more specifically addressed to how powerful teams, such as Juventus, get preferential treatment in reports on the negative aspects of the ultras world.
2013, Richard Guilianotti, Football, Violence and Social Identity, Routledge, →ISBN, page 77:If a member of an official football club can be said to be a citizen of the football world, an ultra has to be considered as a militant.
2015, Jamie Cleland, A Sociology of Football in a Global Context, Routledge, →ISBN, page 30:Although the intention initially was to distribute tickets and arrange travel to away matches, ultras quickly became actively organised and developed an overtly passionate cultural and political identity inside each curva
- (athletics) An ultramarathon.
2008, Rachel Toor, Personal Record: A Love Affair with Running, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 69:I've done more than forty marathons and ultras and have won a handful of small boutiquey races in mountainous, out-of-the-way places: the foothills of the Sierra Nevada; Mount Mitchell, North Carolina; Bozeman, Montana; and, on the third day of a 100-mile stage race, the Mount Everest Challenge Marathon in the Himalayas.
- (climbing) An ultra-prominent peak.
2008, Susan Joy Paul, Climbing Colorado's Mountains, Guilford, CT: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 141:Blanca Peak is one of just three ultra-prominence peaks, or “ultras,” in the state and the highpoint of the Sierra Blanca Range, a massif that includes ranked 14ers Ellingwood Point, Little Bear Peak, and Mount Lindsey.
- (usually capitalised) Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
ultra
- (aviation) Ellipsis of ultrakevyt (“ultralight”). (aircraft that weighs very little)
- Ellipsis of ultraäänitutkimus.
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French
Etymology
From Latin ultrā. Doublet of outre.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ultra (plural ultras)
- ultra, extreme
Noun
ultra m or f by sense (plural ultras)
- extremist
- (historical) an ultra-royalist during the Bourbon Restoration period in France
Further reading
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English ultra, French outre, Italian oltre, Spanish ultra.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ultra
- ultra: beyond due limit
- further, additional
Derived terms
- ultre ke (“besides”)
- ultre (“besides, further, moreover, in addition”)
References
- Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 90
- Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 593
- Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 481
Latin
Etymology
From uls + -ter + -ā (adverb ending). See also citrā, intrā, extrā.
The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional.
Pronunciation
Preposition
ultrā (+ accusative)
- beyond
Adverb
ultrā (not comparable)
- beyond, further
- Synonym: ultrō
- Antonyms: citrā, hinc
- additionally, besides
Descendants
References
- “ultra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ultra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ultra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to pass the limit: ultra modum progredi
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “ultra”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French ultra.
Adjective
ultra m or f or n (indeclinable)
- ultra, extreme
Declension
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Pronunciation
Adjective
ultra m or f (masculine and feminine plural ultras)
- extreme
- far-right
2023 June 20, Eliona Rakipaj, “Una lona de Vox en el centro de Madrid propone tirar a la basura el feminismo, el colectivo LGTBIQ+ y la Agenda 2030”, in El País:Finalmente, se termina preguntando si el líder del PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, ha asumido el discurso del partido ultra a raíz de los pactos que se han dado en ayuntamientos y algunas comunidades autónomas.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Adverb
ultra
- (obsolete) furthermore, in addition, moreover
- Synonym: además
Noun
ultra m or f by sense (plural ultras)
- far-right extremist
- hooligan, hardened fan
Further reading