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, 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

Derived terms

  • ultra-scalable
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Translations

Anagrams


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)
  2. (informal) ultra- (greater than normal quantity or importance, excessively, to an extreme)

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)

French

Prefix

ultra-

  1. ultra-

Derived terms

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ultrā (beyond).

Prefix

ultra-

  1. ultra-

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

Prefix

ultra-

  1. ultra- (as for English)

Derived terms

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References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Prefix

ultra-

  1. ultra- (as for English)

Derived terms

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References


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ultrā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈultɾa/, [ˈul̪t̪ɾa]

Prefix

ultra-

  1. ultra-

Derived terms

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Further reading

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