ultra

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See also: ultra- and ultrà

English

Etymology

    From Latin ultra.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    ultra (comparative more ultra, superlative most ultra)

    1. Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.
      an ultra reformer; ultra measures

    Noun

    ultra (plural ultras)

    1. 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.
    2. An extremist, especially an ultranationalist.
      • 2005 December 29, “Foreign ultra killed, three injured in J&K”, in The Times of India, retrieved 21 Apr. 2009:
        Five militants were nabbed while four ultras of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) gave themselves up.
    3. (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
    4. (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.
    5. (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.
    6. (usually capitalized) Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.

    Anagrams

    Finnish

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ultra

    1. (aviation) Ellipsis of ultrakevyt (ultralight). (aircraft that weighs very little)
    2. Ellipsis of ultraäänitutkimus.

    Declension

    Inflection of ultra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
    nominative ultra ultrat
    genitive ultran ultrien
    partitive ultraa ultria
    illative ultraan ultriin
    singular plural
    nominative ultra ultrat
    accusative nom. ultra ultrat
    gen. ultran
    genitive ultran ultrien
    ultrain rare
    partitive ultraa ultria
    inessive ultrassa ultrissa
    elative ultrasta ultrista
    illative ultraan ultriin
    adessive ultralla ultrilla
    ablative ultralta ultrilta
    allative ultralle ultrille
    essive ultrana ultrina
    translative ultraksi ultriksi
    abessive ultratta ultritta
    instructive ultrin
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of ultra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative ultrani ultrani
    accusative nom. ultrani ultrani
    gen. ultrani
    genitive ultrani ultrieni
    ultraini rare
    partitive ultraani ultriani
    inessive ultrassani ultrissani
    elative ultrastani ultristani
    illative ultraani ultriini
    adessive ultrallani ultrillani
    ablative ultraltani ultriltani
    allative ultralleni ultrilleni
    essive ultranani ultrinani
    translative ultrakseni ultrikseni
    abessive ultrattani ultrittani
    instructive
    comitative ultrineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative ultrasi ultrasi
    accusative nom. ultrasi ultrasi
    gen. ultrasi
    genitive ultrasi ultriesi
    ultraisi rare
    partitive ultraasi ultriasi
    inessive ultrassasi ultrissasi
    elative ultrastasi ultristasi
    illative ultraasi ultriisi
    adessive ultrallasi ultrillasi
    ablative ultraltasi ultriltasi
    allative ultrallesi ultrillesi
    essive ultranasi ultrinasi
    translative ultraksesi ultriksesi
    abessive ultrattasi ultrittasi
    instructive
    comitative ultrinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative ultramme ultramme
    accusative nom. ultramme ultramme
    gen. ultramme
    genitive ultramme ultriemme
    ultraimme rare
    partitive ultraamme ultriamme
    inessive ultrassamme ultrissamme
    elative ultrastamme ultristamme
    illative ultraamme ultriimme
    adessive ultrallamme ultrillamme
    ablative ultraltamme ultriltamme
    allative ultrallemme ultrillemme
    essive ultranamme ultrinamme
    translative ultraksemme ultriksemme
    abessive ultrattamme ultrittamme
    instructive
    comitative ultrinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative ultranne ultranne
    accusative nom. ultranne ultranne
    gen. ultranne
    genitive ultranne ultrienne
    ultrainne rare
    partitive ultraanne ultrianne
    inessive ultrassanne ultrissanne
    elative ultrastanne ultristanne
    illative ultraanne ultriinne
    adessive ultrallanne ultrillanne
    ablative ultraltanne ultriltanne
    allative ultrallenne ultrillenne
    essive ultrananne ultrinanne
    translative ultraksenne ultriksenne
    abessive ultrattanne ultrittanne
    instructive
    comitative ultrinenne

    Synonyms

    Further reading

    French

    Etymology

    From Latin ultrā. Doublet of outre.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    ultra (plural ultras)

    1. ultra, extreme

    Noun

    ultra m or f by sense (plural ultras)

    1. extremist
    2. (historical) an ultra-royalist during the Bourbon Restoration period in France

    Further reading

    Ido

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English ultraFrench outreItalian oltreSpanish ultra.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    ultra

    1. ultra: beyond due limit
    2. 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 +‎ (adverb ending). See also citrā, intrā, extrā.

      The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional.

      Pronunciation

      Preposition

      ultrā (+ accusative)

      1. beyond

      Adverb

      ultrā (not comparable)

      1. beyond, further
        Synonym: ultrō
        Antonyms: citrā, hinc
      2. 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)

      1. ultra, extreme

      Declension

      invariable singular plural
      masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
      nominative-
      accusative
      indefinite ultra ultra ultra ultra
      definite
      genitive-
      dative
      indefinite ultra ultra ultra ultra
      definite

      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      ultra m or f (masculine and feminine plural ultras)

      1. extreme
      2. 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

      1. (obsolete) furthermore, in addition, moreover
        Synonym: además

      Noun

      ultra m or f by sense (plural ultras)

      1. far-right extremist
      2. hooligan, hardened fan

      Further reading