"ultra-" meaning in English

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Prefix

IPA: /ˈʌltɹə/
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin -ā Latin ultrālbor. English ultra- Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|lbor|la>ultrā>beyond|id=beyond|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin -ā Latin ultrālbor. English ultra-, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (other)}}, {{bor+|en|la|ultrā||beyond}} Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} ultra-, {{en-prefix}} ultra-
  1. Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in ultrasecret. Tags: morpheme Translations (greater than normal quantity or importance): свръх (svrǎh) (Bulgarian), huippu- (Finnish), erikois- (Finnish), ultra- (Finnish), υπερ- (yper-) (Greek), (chō) (alt: ちょう) (Japanese), ultra- (Malay), сверх- (sverx-) (Russian), os- (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-ultra--en-prefix-IP0HVgHD Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 17 25 26 31 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 29 18 36 2 Disambiguation of 'greater than normal quantity or importance': 81 6 7 4 2
  2. Beyond, on the far side of, as in ultraviolet. Tags: morpheme Synonyms (on the far side of): trans- Translations (beyond, on the far side of): крайно (krajno) (Bulgarian), ultra- (Czech), yli- (Finnish), ultra- (Finnish), (chō) (alt: ちょう) (Japanese), ультра- (ulʹtra-) (Russian), os- (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-ultra--en-prefix-T1IuKvMp Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 17 25 26 31 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 29 18 36 2 Disambiguation of 'on the far side of': 5 78 8 5 4 Disambiguation of 'beyond, on the far side of': 4 57 32 3 4
  3. Beyond, outside of, as in ultrasonic. Tags: morpheme Translations (beyond, outside of): извънредно (izvǎnredno) (Bulgarian), yli- (Finnish), ultra- (Finnish), (chō) (alt: ちょう) (Japanese), сверх- (sverx-) (Russian), os- (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-ultra--en-prefix-Ep-NCNqn Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 17 25 26 31 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 29 18 36 2 Disambiguation of 'beyond, outside of': 4 33 57 3 4
  4. Excessively, to an extreme, as in ultramicroscopic, ultra-careful. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: ultra-scalable Translations (excessively, to an extreme): yli- (Finnish), ultra- (Finnish), ultra- (French), (chō) (alt: ちょう) (Japanese), ультра- (ulʹtra-) (Russian), сверх- (sverx-) (Russian), os- (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-ultra--en-prefix-xy0GX3xp Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 17 25 26 31 1 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 21 39 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 8 11 68 1 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 10 9 10 69 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 14 entries: 6 3 15 12 14 48 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 2 20 9 10 54 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 20 19 45 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 29 18 36 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 21 17 47 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 12 17 59 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 20 15 51 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 14 14 17 54 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 14 23 17 44 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 13 16 58 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 15 22 17 44 2 Synonyms: super- [augmentative], supra- [augmentative], hyper- [augmentative], uber- [augmentative], macro- [augmentative], arch- [augmentative], over- [augmentative], mega- [augmentative], maxi- [augmentative], giga- [augmentative], -zilla [augmentative], grand [augmentative] Synonyms (excessively): over-, hyper-, ana- Disambiguation of 'excessively': 5 6 5 80 4 Disambiguation of 'excessively, to an extreme': 5 5 5 81 5
  5. (augmentative) intensely, extremely, or exceptional Tags: augmentative, morpheme
    Sense id: en-ultra--en-prefix-CFQiXPGX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (beyond): trans-, para-, hyper-, out-, extra-, preter-
Disambiguation of 'beyond': 4 44 46 2 4
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          "_dis1": "6 15 19 55 5",
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          "ref": "2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "lbor",
        "3": "la>ultrā>beyond",
        "id": "beyond",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-\nLatin ūls\nProto-Indo-European *-teros?\nLatin -ter\nLatin -ā\nLatin ultrālbor.\nEnglish ultra-",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂el- (other)"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ultrā",
        "4": "",
        "5": "beyond"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-\nLatin ūls\nProto-Indo-European *-teros?\nLatin -ter\nLatin -ā\nLatin ultrālbor.\nEnglish ultra-\nBorrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ultra-",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ultra-",
      "name": "en-prefix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in ultrasecret."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Greater",
          "greater"
        ],
        [
          "ultrasecret",
          "ultrasecret"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Beyond, on the far side of, as in ultraviolet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Beyond",
          "beyond"
        ],
        [
          "ultraviolet",
          "ultraviolet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Beyond, outside of, as in ultrasonic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Beyond",
          "beyond"
        ],
        [
          "outside",
          "outside"
        ],
        [
          "ultrasonic",
          "ultrasonic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Excessively, to an extreme, as in ultramicroscopic, ultra-careful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Excessively",
          "excessively"
        ],
        [
          "ultramicroscopic",
          "ultramicroscopic"
        ],
        [
          "ultra-careful",
          "ultra-careful"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "intensely, extremely, or exceptional"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intensely",
          "intensely"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "exceptional",
          "exceptional"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(augmentative) intensely, extremely, or exceptional"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "augmentative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌltɹə/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "beyond",
      "word": "trans-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beyond",
      "word": "para-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beyond",
      "word": "hyper-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beyond",
      "word": "out-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beyond",
      "word": "extra-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beyond",
      "word": "preter-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "on the far side of",
      "word": "trans-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "excessively",
      "word": "over-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "excessively",
      "word": "hyper-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "excessively",
      "word": "ana-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "super-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "supra-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "hyper-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "uber-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "macro-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "arch-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "over-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "mega-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "maxi-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "giga-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "-zilla"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "grand"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svrǎh",
      "sense": "greater than normal quantity or importance",
      "word": "свръх"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "greater than normal quantity or importance",
      "word": "huippu-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "greater than normal quantity or importance",
      "word": "erikois-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "greater than normal quantity or importance",
      "word": "ultra-"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "yper-",
      "sense": "greater than normal quantity or importance",
      "word": "υπερ-"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chō",
      "sense": "greater than normal quantity or importance",
      "word": "超"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "greater than normal quantity or importance",
      "word": "ultra-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sverx-",
      "sense": "greater than normal quantity or importance",
      "word": "сверх-"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "greater than normal quantity or importance",
      "word": "os-"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krajno",
      "sense": "beyond, on the far side of",
      "word": "крайно"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "beyond, on the far side of",
      "word": "ultra-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beyond, on the far side of",
      "word": "yli-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beyond, on the far side of",
      "word": "ultra-"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chō",
      "sense": "beyond, on the far side of",
      "word": "超"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ulʹtra-",
      "sense": "beyond, on the far side of",
      "word": "ультра-"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "beyond, on the far side of",
      "word": "os-"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izvǎnredno",
      "sense": "beyond, outside of",
      "word": "извънредно"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beyond, outside of",
      "word": "yli-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beyond, outside of",
      "word": "ultra-"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chō",
      "sense": "beyond, outside of",
      "word": "超"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sverx-",
      "sense": "beyond, outside of",
      "word": "сверх-"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "beyond, outside of",
      "word": "os-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excessively, to an extreme",
      "word": "yli-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excessively, to an extreme",
      "word": "ultra-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "excessively, to an extreme",
      "word": "ultra-"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chō",
      "sense": "excessively, to an extreme",
      "word": "超"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ulʹtra-",
      "sense": "excessively, to an extreme",
      "word": "ультра-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sverx-",
      "sense": "excessively, to an extreme",
      "word": "сверх-"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "excessively, to an extreme",
      "word": "os-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ultra-"
}

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