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extra

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English

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of extraordinary.

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

 
extra (going beyond) + ordinary
  1. (not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
    I don't mind doing some extra work, as long as I get extra pay.
  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.
    You unfollowed her for posting cat memes? You're so extra!
    Wow, you're more extra than she is. You're the most extra friend I have.
    • 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.
    • 2017 November, Claire Craig, “#Instabeauty”, in Northern Woman, page 48:
      Shattered glass, pierced, bejewelled, chromed and glittered - nails are going totally extra on Insta at the minute and we approve.
    • 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.

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Adverb

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extra (not comparable)

  1. (informal) To an extraordinary degree.
    That day he ran to school extra fast.

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Noun

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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.
    Extra, extra! Read all about it!
  3. (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
    Synonym: sundry
  5. (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
  6. (slang) The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.
    Stop! I can't deal with all your extra today!
  7. Something of an extra quality or grade. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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extra (invariable)

  1. of the highest quality

Adjective

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extra m or f (masculine and feminine plural extres)

  1. extra (beyond what is due)

Noun

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extra m or f by sense (plural extres)

  1. extra, walk-on

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

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

Adverb

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extra

  1. extra

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extra (not comparable)

  1. extra
  2. (Limburg) on purpose

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Declension of extra
uninflected extra
inflected extra
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial extra
indefinite m./f. sing. extra
n. sing. extra
plural extra
definite extra
partitive extra's

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  • → Indonesian: ekstra

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

  1. something extra, something in addition

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French

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Adjective

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extra (plural extras)

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

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extra m or f by sense (plural extras)

  1. extra, supplement

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German

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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.

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  • 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”).

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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!

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  • 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

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

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From German extra, from Latin extra.[1]

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

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extra (comparative extrább, superlative legextrább)

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

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative extra extrák
accusative extrát extrákat
dative extrának extráknak
instrumental extrával extrákkal
causal-final extráért extrákért
translative extrává extrákká
terminative extráig extrákig
essive-formal extraként extrákként
essive-modal — —
inessive extrában extrákban
superessive extrán extrákon
adessive extránál extráknál
illative extrába extrákba
sublative extrára extrákra
allative extrához extrákhoz
elative extrából extrákból
delative extráról extrákról
ablative extrától extráktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		extráé extráké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		extráéi extrákéi

Noun

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extra (plural extrák)

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

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative extra extrák
accusative extrát extrákat
dative extrának extráknak
instrumental extrával extrákkal
causal-final extráért extrákért
translative extrává extrákká
terminative extráig extrákig
essive-formal extraként extrákként
essive-modal — —
inessive extrában extrákban
superessive extrán extrákon
adessive extránál extráknál
illative extrába extrákba
sublative extrára extrákra
allative extrához extrákhoz
elative extrából extrákból
delative extráról extrákról
ablative extrától extráktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		extráé extráké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		extráéi extrákéi
Possessive forms of extra
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. extrám extráim
2nd person sing. extrád extráid
3rd person sing. extrája extrái
1st person plural extránk extráink
2nd person plural extrátok extráitok
3rd person plural extrájuk extráik

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  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

Further reading

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

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extra

  1. extra

Italian

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extra (invariable)

  1. extra
  2. select (best quality)

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extra m (invariable)

  1. extra (something additional)

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extra

  1. outside of, aside from, not including

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  1. ^ extra in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

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Etymology

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

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

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    extrā (comparative exterius, no superlative)

    1. on the outside
      Synonyms: extrīnsecus, forīs

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    extrā (+ accusative)

    1. outside of
    2. beyond

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    References

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    • “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.
      • the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen extra ripas diffluit
      • to go outside the gate: extra portam egredi
      • joking apart: extra iocum, remoto ioco (Fam. 7. 11. 3)
      • to pass the limit: extra modum prodire
      • beyond all measure: extra, praeter modum
      • to be free from blame: extra culpam esse
      • to be out of range: extra teli iactum, coniectum esse
    • 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, volumes 3: D–F, page 330

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    • Hyphenation: ex‧tra

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    extra m or f (plural extras)

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

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    extra m (plural extras)

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

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    extra m or f by sense (plural extras)

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

    Spanish

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

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    extra m or f (masculine and feminine plural extras)

    1. additional, extra
    2. superior
    3. extraordinary
      Synonym: extraordinario

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    Noun

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    extra m or f by sense (plural extras)

    1. extra (in a film)

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    Swedish

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    extra

    1. extra
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    extra

    1. extra
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