ultra- en · X
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈʌltɹə/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra- Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).
Meanings
- (morpheme) Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in ultrasecret.
- (morpheme) Beyond, on the far side of, as in ultraviolet.
- (morpheme) Beyond, outside of, as in ultraterrestrial.
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(morpheme) Excessively, to an extreme, as in ultramicroscopic.
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.
2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
- (augmentative, morpheme) Intensely, extremely, or exceptional
Antonyms
Deriveds
Synonyms
extra- (beyond) · out- (beyond) · hyper- (beyond) · over- · para- (beyond) · giga- · ana- (excessively) · super- · hyper- (excessively) · maxi- · arch- · preter- (beyond) · supra- · -zilla · trans- (on the far side of) · macro- · trans- (beyond) · grand · mega- · uber- · over- (excessively) · hyper-
Translations (39)
ja 超 (beyond, on the far side of) · fi ultra- (beyond, on the far side of) · fi ultra- (greater than normal quantity or importance) · ru ультра- (beyond, on the far side of) · fi yli- (beyond, outside of) · ru сверх- (greater than normal quantity or importance) · fi huippu- (greater than normal quantity or importance) · ja 超 (beyond, outside of) · gd os- (excessively, to an extreme) · ru сверх- (beyond, outside of) · fr ultra- (excessively, to an extreme) · pl ponad- (beyond, outside of) · pl ponad- (greater than normal quantity or importance) · bg крайно (beyond, on the far side of) · ru ультра- (excessively, to an extreme) · gd os- (greater than normal quantity or importance) · bg извънредно (beyond, outside of) · ja 超 (greater than normal quantity or importance) · fi yli- (beyond, on the far side of) · fi erikois- (greater than normal quantity or importance) · ru сверх- (excessively, to an extreme) · es ultra- (beyond, on the far side of) · es ultra- (beyond, outside of) · cs ultra- (beyond, on the far side of) · ms ultra- (greater than normal quantity or importance) · ka ზე- (greater than normal quantity or importance) · gd os- (beyond, outside of) · gd os- (beyond, on the far side of) · fi yli- (excessively, to an extreme) · ka ულტრა- (beyond, on the far side of) · el υπερ- (greater than normal quantity or importance) · es ultra- (greater than normal quantity or importance) · fi ultra- (excessively, to an extreme) · fi ultra- (beyond, outside of) · bg свръх (greater than normal quantity or importance) · ja 超 (excessively, to an extreme) · pl ultra- (excessively, to an extreme) · es ultra- (excessively, to an extreme) · pl ponad- (beyond, on the far side of)