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extracurricular en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌɛkstɹəkəˈɹɪkjʊlə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English curricular English extracurricular From extra- + curricular.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.
    • The students enjoy a number of extracurricular activities at weekends.
  2. (not-comparable) Similarly outside of the normal duties of a job or profession.
  3. (informal, not-comparable) Extramarital.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
extra-curricular alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

extracurricularly · sextracurricular

Hyponyms

supercurricular

Translations (24)

nrf extra-tchuthitchulaithe (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · cmn 課外 /课外 (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · es extracurricular (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · fr extrascolaire (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · pl pozaszkolny (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · da fritidsaktivitet (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · pl pozalekcyjny (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · nl buitenschools (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · fr parascolaire (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · az dərsdənkənar (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · ru внеуро́чный (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · fr périscolaire (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · tr müfredat dışı (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · cmn 課餘 /课余 (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · ru внекла́ссный (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · it extracurricolare (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · id ekstrakurikuler (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · ja 課外 (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · ru внепрогра́ммный (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · sv fritids- (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · ru внеаудито́рный (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · sv utanför schemat (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · de außerschulisch (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment) · fi lukujärjestyksen ulkopuolinen (outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment)

extracurricular en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌɛkstɹəkəˈɹɪkjʊlə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English curricular English extracurricular From extra- + curricular.

Meanings

  1. An activity outside the normal academic curriculum.
  2. (informal) An activity beyond official duties of a job or profession.
  3. (informal) An extramarital affair.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
extracurriculars Number=Plur lexicographic
extra-curricular alternative lexicographic

Translations (1)

hu különóra (an activity outside the normal academic curriculum)