ultra
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ultra (comparative more ultra, superlative most ultra)
NounEdit
ultra (plural ultras)
- An ultraroyalist in France.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 37:
- "At any rate that is what he explained to me," I said hastily while the lawyer rubbed his long ultra's nose and sighed.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 37:
- An extremist.
- 2005, "Foreign ultra killed, three injured in J&K," The Times of India, 29 Dec. (retrieved 21 Apr. 2009):
- Five militants were nabbed while four ultras of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) gave themselves up.
- 2005, "Foreign ultra killed, three injured in J&K," The Times of India, 29 Dec. (retrieved 21 Apr. 2009):
- An especially devoted football fan, typically associated with the intimidating use of extremist slogans, pyrotechnics and sometimes hooligan violence.
- 2012, ALINA BERNSTEIN, Neil Blain, Sport, Media, Culture: Global and Local Dimensions, Routledge (ISBN 9781136344848), page 183
- A similar view is expressed by a Turin supporter in Segre's study, but in this case it is more specifically addressed to how powerful teams, such as Juventus, get preferential treatment in reports on the negative aspects of the ultras world.
- 2013, Richard Guilianotti, Football, Violence and Social Identity, Routledge (ISBN 9781134859436), page 77
- If a member of an official football club can be said to be a citizen of the football world, an ultra has to be considered as a militant.
- 2015, Jamie Cleland, A Sociology of Football in a Global Context, Routledge (ISBN 9781135007638), page 30
- Although the intention initially was to distribute tickets and arrange travel to away matches, ultras quickly became actively organised and developed an overtly passionate cultural and political identity inside each curva
- 2012, ALINA BERNSTEIN, Neil Blain, Sport, Media, Culture: Global and Local Dimensions, Routledge (ISBN 9781136344848), page 183
- (usually capitalised) Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.
Related termsEdit
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
ultra
- (aviation) ultralight (aircraft that weighs very little)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of ultra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ultra | ultrat | |
| genitive | ultran | ultrien | |
| partitive | ultraa | ultria | |
| illative | ultraan | ultriin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ultra | ultrat | |
| accusative | nom. | ultra | ultrat |
| gen. | ultran | ||
| genitive | ultran | ultrien ultrainrare |
|
| partitive | ultraa | ultria | |
| inessive | ultrassa | ultrissa | |
| elative | ultrasta | ultrista | |
| illative | ultraan | ultriin | |
| adessive | ultralla | ultrilla | |
| ablative | ultralta | ultrilta | |
| allative | ultralle | ultrille | |
| essive | ultrana | ultrina | |
| translative | ultraksi | ultriksi | |
| instructive | — | ultrin | |
| abessive | ultratta | ultritta | |
| comitative | — | ultrineen | |
SynonymsEdit
- (aircraft): ultrakevyt, ultrakevyt lentokone, UL-kone
FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ultra m, f (plural ultras)
NounEdit
ultra m, f (plural ultras)
- extremist
- (historical) an ultra-royalist during the Bourbon Restoration period in France
External linksEdit
- “ultra” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
PrepositionEdit
ultrā (governs the accusative)
AdverbEdit
ultrā (not comparable)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ultra in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ultra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ultra in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to pass the limit: ultra modum progredi
- to pass the limit: ultra modum progredi