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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
ultra-
- Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in ultrasecret.
- Beyond, on the far side of, as in ultraviolet.
- Beyond, outside of, as in ultrasonic.
- Excessively, to an extreme, as in ultramicroscopic, ultra-careful.
2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, 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.
- (augmentative) intensely, extremely, or exceptional
Usage notes
Synonyms
- (beyond): trans-, para-, hyper-, out-, extra-, preter-
- (on the far side of): trans-
- (excessively): over-, hyper-, ana-
- (augmentative): super-, supra-, hyper-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, maxi-, giga-, -zilla, grand
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Derived terms
Translations
greater than normal quantity or importance
beyond, on the far side of
excessively, to an extreme
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra-
- ultra- + fialový → ultrafialový
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Further reading
- “ultra-”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “ultra-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- ultra- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra- (beyond, on the far side of; beyond, outside of)
- (informal) ultra- (greater than normal quantity or importance, excessively, to an extreme)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra- (beyond, on the far side of; beyond, outside of)
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English ultra-), ultimately from Latin ultrā.
Pronunciation
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra-
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Further reading
French
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra-
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German
Etymology
From Latin ultrā.
Pronunciation
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra-
Usage notes
Derived terms
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).[1]
Pronunciation
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra-
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References
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra-
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin ultrā (“beyond”).
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra-
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra- (as for English)
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References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra- (as for English)
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin ultrā.
Pronunciation
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra-
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ultrā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ultɾa/
- Syllabification: ul‧tra-
Prefix
ultra-
- ultra-
Derived terms
Further reading