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Definitions and meaning of extra

extra

Etymology

Abbreviation of extraordinary.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstɹə/
• Hyphenation: ex‧tra

Adjective

extra (not generally comparable, comparative more extra, superlative most extra)

1. (not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

2. (not comparable, dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
3. (comparable, slang) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.
   • 2017, Yael Livneh, "Whole Foods", in "Get The Inside Soup: Staffers Review Local Soup Stops", 3 February 2017, page 23:

     I highly recommend getting some more bread on the side—they offer small loaves and soup crackers for free, but I'm so extra, I bought my own loaf.

   • 2019, Michelle Spottswood, quoted in Kirby Myers, "Does Christmas in your house start before or after Thanksgiving", Key West Weekly, 21 November 2019, page 7:

     Two months of Christmas trees, Christmas movies and Christmas music brings so much fun to our home, we are so extra with it!

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:extra.

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

extra (not comparable)

1. (informal) To an extraordinary degree.

Translations

Noun

extra (plural extras)

1. Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.

   Synonyms: addition, supplement

2. An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event.

3. (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.

   Synonym: sundry

4. (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
5. (slang) The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.

6. Something of an extra quality or grade. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• (something additional): See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Derived terms

• extra credit
• Romsey Extra
• sextra
• wuxtry

Translations

Anagrams

• Artex, retax, taxer

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɛks.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈeks.tɾa]

Adjective

extra (invariable)

1. of the highest quality

Adjective

extra m or f (masculine and feminine plural extres)

1. extra (beyond what is due)

Noun

extra m or f by sense (plural extres)

1. extra, walk-on

Further reading

• “extra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “extra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “extra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “extra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extra, influenced by French and Middle French extraordinaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.traː/
• Hyphenation: extra

Adverb

extra

1. extra

Adjective

extra (not comparable)

1. extra
2. (Limburg) on purpose

Inflection

Descendants

• → Indonesian: ekstra

Noun

extra m (plural extra's, diminutive extraatje n)

1. something extra, something in addition

See also

• expres

French

Adjective

extra (plural extras)

1. extra, additional
2. great, super, famous

Descendants

• → Turkish: ekstra

Noun

extra m or f by sense (plural extras)

1. extra, supplement

Further reading

• “extra”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.tʁa/

Adjective

extra (strong nominative masculine singular extraer, not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of extra- (“extra, special, additional”)

   Das is’n ganz extra Rezept von meiner Mutter. ― This is a very special recipe of my mother’s.

Usage notes

• In formal standard German, extra- is a prefix attached to the following noun. In colloquial German, however, it is often treated like a real adjective. The substantival (or partitive) form used with indefinite pronouns may also take -s: was Extras (“something additional, something on top”).

Adverb

extra

1. specifically (for a given purpose)

   Synonym: eigens

   Das Wrack wurde mit extra entworfenen Bergungskränen gehoben. ― The wreck was lifted with specifically designed salvage cranes.

2. (colloquial) on purpose

   Synonyms: absichtlich, mit Absicht

   Das hab ich doch nich’ extra gemacht! ― I didn't do that on purpose!

3. (colloquial) aside, apart, separately

   Synonyms: einzeln, getrennt, separat

   Können Sie mir die Fritten und die Wurst extra abpacken? ― Could you wrap the fries and the sausage separately?

4. (colloquial) particularly, very

   Synonyms: besonders, sehr

   Vorsicht! Der Tee is’ extra heiß! ― Be careful! The tea is extra hot!

Usage notes

• In the sense of “specifically”, extra has entered the standard language and is now frequently seen in writing. The other senses remain colloquial.

Further reading

• “extra” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “extra” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hungarian

Etymology

From German extra, from Latin extra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛkstrɒ]
• Hyphenation: ext‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Adjective

extra (comparative extrább, superlative legextrább)

1. extra (beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional)

   extra kiadások ― extra expenses

Declension

Noun

extra (plural extrák)

1. luxury features (e.g. in vehicles)

Declension

References

Further reading

• extra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• extra in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekstra/, /eɡztra/

Adjective

extra

1. extra

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.stra/, /ˈɛ.stra/
• Rhymes: -ɛkstra, -ɛstra
• Hyphenation: èx‧tra

Adjective

extra (invariable)

1. extra
2. select (best quality)

Noun

extra m (invariable)

1. extra (something additional)

Preposition

extra

1. outside of, aside from, not including

References

Latin

Etymology

Adverb contracted from the ablative exterā (parte), of exter.

The change from instrumental/ablative to accusative is caused by *-teros used adverbially.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.straː/, [ˈɛks̠t̪räː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.stra/, [ˈɛkst̪rä]

Adverb

extrā (comparative exterius, no superlative)

1. on the outside

   Synonyms: extrīnsecus, forīs

Preposition

extrā (+ accusative)

1. outside of
2. beyond

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• “extra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “extra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• extra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• extra in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “extra”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 232
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “extra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 330

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ex‧tra

Adjective

extra m or f (plural extras)

1. extra (beyond what is due, usual, expected or necessary)

   Synonym: adicional

Noun

extra m (plural extras)

1. anything that is extra
2. bonus (extra amount of money given as a premium)

   Synonym: bónus

Noun

extra m or f by sense (plural extras)

1. (film) extra; walk-on (actor in a small role with no dialogue)

   Synonym: figurante

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɡstɾa/ [ˈeɣ̞s.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɡstɾa
• Syllabification: ex‧tra

Adjective

extra m or f (masculine and feminine plural extras)

1. additional, extra
2. superior
3. extraordinary

   Synonym: extraordinario

Derived terms

Noun

extra m or f by sense (plural extras)

1. extra (in a film)

Further reading

• “extra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

extra

1. extra

Related terms

Adverb

extra

1. extra

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