ultra

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See also:ultra-andultrà

English

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Etymology

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    FromLatinultra.

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    Adjective

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    ultra(comparativemoreultra,superlativemostultra)

    1. Extreme;farbeyondthenorm;fanatical; uncompromising.
      anultrareformer;ultrameasures

    Noun

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    ultra(pluralultras)

    1. Anultraroyalistin France.
      • 1828,[Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XVI, inPelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman.[],volume I, London:Henry Colburn,[],→OCLC,page114:
        Hersoiréeswere among the most agreeable at Paris—she united all the rank and talent to be found in theultraparty, for she professed to be quite a female Mæcenas;[]
      • 1974,Lawrence Durrell,Monsieur,Faber & Faber, published1992,page37:
        "At any rate that is what he explained to me," I said hastily while the lawyer rubbed his longultra's nose and sighed.
    2. Anextremist,especially anultranationalist.
      • 2005December 29, “Foreignultrakilled, three injured in J&K”,inThe Times of India,retrieved 21 Apr. 2009:
        Five militants were nabbed while fourultrasof Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) gave themselves up.
    3. (soccer)An especiallydevotedfootballfan,typically associated with the intimidating use of extremistslogans,pyrotechnicsand sometimeshooliganviolence.
      • 2012,ALINA BERNSTEIN, Neil Blain,Sport, Media, Culture: Global and Local Dimensions,Routledge,→ISBN,page183:
        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 theultrasworld.
      • 2013,Richard Guilianotti,Football, Violence and Social Identity,Routledge,→ISBN,page77:
        If a member of an official football club can be said to be a citizen of the football world, anultrahas to be considered as a militant.
      • 2015,Jamie Cleland,A Sociology of Football in a Global Context,Routledge,→ISBN,page30:
        Although the intention initially was to distribute tickets and arrange travel to away matches,ultrasquickly became actively organised and developed an overtly passionate cultural and political identity inside each curva
    4. (athletics)Anultramarathon.
      • 2008,Rachel Toor,Personal Record: A Love Affair with Running,Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press,→ISBN,page69:
        I've done more than forty marathons andultrasand have won a handful of small boutiquey races in mountainous, out-of-the-way places: the foothills of the Sierra Nevada; Mount Mitchell, North Carolina; Bozeman, Montana; and, on the third day of a 100-mile stage race, the Mount Everest Challenge Marathon in the Himalayas.
    5. (climbing)Anultra-prominentpeak.
      • 2008,Susan Joy Paul,Climbing Colorado's Mountains,Guilford, CT: Rowman & Littlefield,→ISBN,page141:
        Blanca Peak is one of just three ultra-prominence peaks, or “ultras,”in the state and the highpoint of the Sierra Blanca Range, a massif that includes ranked 14ers Ellingwood Point, Little Bear Peak, and Mount Lindsey.
    6. (usually capitalised)Code nameused by Britishcodebreakersduring World War 2 fordecryptedinformationgained from theenemy.
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    Finnish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key):/ˈultrɑ/,[ˈul̪t̪rɑ̝]
    • Rhymes:-ultrɑ
    • Syllabification(key):ult‧ra

    Noun

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    ultra

    1. (aviation)Ellipsisofultrakevyt(ultralight).(aircraft that weighs very little)
    2. Ellipsisofultraäänitutkimus.

    Declension

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    Inflectionofultra(Kotustype 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
    abessive ultratta ultritta
    instructive ultrin
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive formsofultra(Kotustype 10/koira,no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative ultrani ultrani
    accusative nom. ultrani ultrani
    gen. ultrani
    genitive ultrani ultrieni
    ultrainirare
    partitive ultraani ultriani
    inessive ultrassani ultrissani
    elative ultrastani ultristani
    illative ultraani ultriini
    adessive ultrallani ultrillani
    ablative ultraltani ultriltani
    allative ultralleni ultrilleni
    essive ultranani ultrinani
    translative ultrakseni ultrikseni
    abessive ultrattani ultrittani
    instructive
    comitative ultrineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative ultrasi ultrasi
    accusative nom. ultrasi ultrasi
    gen. ultrasi
    genitive ultrasi ultriesi
    ultraisirare
    partitive ultraasi ultriasi
    inessive ultrassasi ultrissasi
    elative ultrastasi ultristasi
    illative ultraasi ultriisi
    adessive ultrallasi ultrillasi
    ablative ultraltasi ultriltasi
    allative ultrallesi ultrillesi
    essive ultranasi ultrinasi
    translative ultraksesi ultriksesi
    abessive ultrattasi ultrittasi
    instructive
    comitative ultrinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative ultramme ultramme
    accusative nom. ultramme ultramme
    gen. ultramme
    genitive ultramme ultriemme
    ultraimmerare
    partitive ultraamme ultriamme
    inessive ultrassamme ultrissamme
    elative ultrastamme ultristamme
    illative ultraamme ultriimme
    adessive ultrallamme ultrillamme
    ablative ultraltamme ultriltamme
    allative ultrallemme ultrillemme
    essive ultranamme ultrinamme
    translative ultraksemme ultriksemme
    abessive ultrattamme ultrittamme
    instructive
    comitative ultrinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative ultranne ultranne
    accusative nom. ultranne ultranne
    gen. ultranne
    genitive ultranne ultrienne
    ultrainnerare
    partitive ultraanne ultrianne
    inessive ultrassanne ultrissanne
    elative ultrastanne ultristanne
    illative ultraanne ultriinne
    adessive ultrallanne ultrillanne
    ablative ultraltanne ultriltanne
    allative ultrallenne ultrillenne
    essive ultrananne ultrinanne
    translative ultraksenne ultriksenne
    abessive ultrattanne ultrittanne
    instructive
    comitative ultrinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative ultransa ultransa
    accusative nom. ultransa ultransa
    gen. ultransa
    genitive ultransa ultriensa
    ultrainsarare
    partitive ultraansa ultriaan
    ultriansa
    inessive ultrassaan
    ultrassansa
    ultrissaan
    ultrissansa
    elative ultrastaan
    ultrastansa
    ultristaan
    ultristansa
    illative ultraansa ultriinsa
    adessive ultrallaan
    ultrallansa
    ultrillaan
    ultrillansa
    ablative ultraltaan
    ultraltansa
    ultriltaan
    ultriltansa
    allative ultralleen
    ultrallensa
    ultrilleen
    ultrillensa
    essive ultranaan
    ultranansa
    ultrinaan
    ultrinansa
    translative ultrakseen
    ultraksensa
    ultrikseen
    ultriksensa
    abessive ultrattaan
    ultrattansa
    ultrittaan
    ultrittansa
    instructive
    comitative ultrineen
    ultrinensa

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    French

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    Etymology

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    FromLatinultrā.Doubletofoutre.

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    ultra(pluralultras)

    1. ultra,extreme

    Noun

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    ultramorfby sense(pluralultras)

    1. extremist
    2. (historical)anultra-royalistduring theBourbon Restorationperiod inFrance

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    Ido

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed fromEnglishultra,Frenchoutre,Italianoltre,Spanishultra.

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    ultra

    1. ultra:beyond due limit
    2. further,additional

    Derived terms

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    • ultre ke(besides)
    • ultre(besides, further, moreover, in addition)

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    • Progreso III(in Ido),1910–1911,page90
    • Progreso V(in Ido),1912–1913,page593
    • Progreso VII(in Ido),1914,page481

    Latin

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    Etymology

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      Fromuls+‎-ter+‎(adverb ending).See alsocitrā,intrā,extrā.

      The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional.

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      Preposition

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      ultrā(+accusative)

      1. beyond

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      ultrā(notcomparable)

      1. beyond,further
        Synonym:ultrō
        Antonyms:citrā,hinc
      2. additionally,besides

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      References

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      • ultra”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • ultra”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
      • ultrainGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
      • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book[2],London:Macmillan and Co.
        • to pass the limit:ultra modumprogredi
      • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm(1911) “ultra”, inRomanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch(in German)

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      Romanian

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      Etymology

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      BorrowedfromFrenchultra.

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      ultramorforn(indeclinable)

      1. ultra,extreme

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      Spanish

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      • IPA(key):/ˈultɾa/[ˈul̪.t̪ɾa]
      • Rhymes:-ultɾa
      • Syllabification:ul‧tra

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      ultramorf(masculine and feminine pluralultras)

      1. extreme
      2. far-right
        • 2023June 20, Eliona Rakipaj, “Una lona de Vox en el centro de Madrid propone tirar a la basura el feminismo, el colectivo LGTBIQ+ y la Agenda 2030”, inEl País[3]:
          Finalmente, se termina preguntando si el líder del PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, ha asumido el discurso del partidoultraa raíz de los pactos que se han dado en ayuntamientos y algunas comunidades autónomas.
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      Adverb

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      ultra

      1. (obsolete)furthermore,in addition,moreover
        Synonym:además

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      ultramorfby sense(pluralultras)

      1. far-rightextremist
      2. hooligan,hardenedfan

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