EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Abbreviation of extraordinary. See also extra-
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
extra (not comparable)
- Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
- extra work; extra pay
- (dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary
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Extraordinarily good; superior; as extra work, extra pay
AdverbEdit
extra (not comparable)
- (informal) To an extraordinary degree.
- That day he ran to school extra fast.
TranslationsEdit
to an extraordinary degree
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NounEdit
extra (plural extras)
- (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball; in Australia referred to as a sundry.
- An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle.
- extra, extra, read all about it!
- A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
(cricket) wide, bye, leg bye or no ball
extra edition of a newspaper
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person in a play or movie with a minimal part — see walk-on
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DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
extra (not comparable)
- extra
- (Limburg) on purpose
DeclensionEdit
Declension of extra
See alsoEdit
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
extra
- specifically (for a given purpose)
- Das Wrack wurde mit extra entworfenen Bergungskränen gehoben.
- The wreck was lifted with specifically designed salvage cranes.
- Das Wrack wurde mit extra entworfenen Bergungskränen gehoben.
- (colloquial) on purpose
- Das hab ich doch nich’ extra gemacht!
- I didn't do that on purpose!
- Das hab ich doch nich’ extra gemacht!
- (colloquial) aside, apart, separately
- Können Sie mir die Fritten und die Wurst extra abpacken?
- Could you wrap the fries and the sausage separately?
- Können Sie mir die Fritten und die Wurst extra abpacken?
- (colloquial) particularly, very
- Vorsicht! Der Tee is’ extra heiß!
- Be careful! The tea is extra hot!
- Vorsicht! Der Tee is’ extra heiß!
Usage notesEdit
In the sense of “specifically”, extra has entered the standard language and is now frequently seen in writing. The other senses remain colloquial.
SynonymsEdit
- (specifically): eigens
- (on purpose): absichtlich; mit Absicht
- (separately): einzeln; getrennt; separat
- (particularly): besonders; sehr
IdoEdit
ItalianEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From exter. Corresponds to Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs-tro- (compare *h₁eǵʰs-ter, from *h₁eǵʰs). Compare Welsh eithr.
PronunciationEdit
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PrepositionEdit
extrā
Derived termsEdit
- extrā omnēs ('out, all of you.', 'everybody else, out')