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 ultraterrestrial.
    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[1], 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.
    5. (augmentative) intensely, extremely, or exceptional

    Usage notes

    • Productive in all senses. The hyphen is included when the use is relatively unfamiliar, as in ultra-careful.

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    Antonyms

    Derived terms

    • ultra-scalable
    English terms prefixed with ultra-

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    Czech

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ultra ]

    Prefix

    ultra-

    1. ultra-
      ultra- + ‎fialový → ‎ultrafialový

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    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/
    • Audio:(file)

    Prefix

    ultra-

    1. ultra- (beyond, on the far side of; beyond, outside of)

    Finnish

    Etymology

    Internationalism (see English ultra-), ultimately from Latin ultrā.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈultrɑ-/, [ˈul̪.t̪rɑ̝-]

    Prefix

    ultra-

    1. (usually in loanwords) ultra-

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    French

    Prefix

    ultra-

    1. ultra-

    Derived terms

    German

    Etymology

    From Latin ultrā.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈʊltʁa/
    • Audio:(file)

    Prefix

    ultra-

    1. ultra-

    Usage notes

    Derived terms

    Hungarian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin ultrā (beyond).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈultrɒ]
    • Hyphenation: ult‧ra

    Prefix

    ultra-

    1. ultra-

    Derived terms

    Hungarian nouns prefixed with ultra-
    Hungarian adjectives prefixed with ultra-

    References

    1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

    Irish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin ultrā (beyond).

    Prefix

    ultra-

    1. ultra-

    Derived terms

    Italian

    Etymology

    From Latin ultrā (beyond).

    Prefix

    ultra-

    1. ultra-

    Derived terms

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Prefix

    ultra-

    1. ultra- (as for English)

    Derived terms

    Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with ultra-

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Prefix

    ultra-

    1. ultra- (as for English)

    Derived terms

    Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with ultra-

    References

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    From Latin ultrā.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /uw.tɾa/ [uʊ̯.tɾa]
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ul.tɾɐ/ [uɫ.tɾɐ]

    Prefix

    ultra-

    1. ultra-

    Derived terms

    Spanish

    Etymology

    From Latin ultrā.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ultɾa/ [ul̪.t̪ɾa]
    • Syllabification: ul‧tra-

    Prefix

    ultra-

    1. ultra-

    Derived terms

    Further reading