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English

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Etymology

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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
Proto-Indo-European *h2er- der.
Proto-Italic *ordō der.
Latin ōrdō
English extraordinary
English extra

    Abbreviation of extraordinary .

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    Adjective

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    extra (not generally comparable , comparative more extra, superlative most extra)

    1. (not comparable ) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
      I don't mind doing some extra work, as long as I get extra pay.
      • 2018, S. D. Tucker, "Doctor Poolittle", in Quacks! Dodgy Doctors and Foolish Fads Throughout History, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 147:
        Kellogg himself became the biggest on-site celeb of all, delivering a weekly ‘Question Box’ lecture in which he explained that tobacco destroyed testicles, and that Ancient Rome had only fallen because the decadent Senators had started tossing their slaves into cookery pots to lend their food extra flavour, thus proving that an over-rich diet could lead to wholesale civilisational collapse.
    2. (not comparable , dated ) Extraordinarily good; superior.
    3. (comparable , slang ) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.
      You unfollowed her for posting cat memes? You're so extra!
      • 2017, Yael Livneh, "Whole Foods", in "Get The Inside Soup: Staffers Review Local Soup Stops", 3 February 2017, page 23:
        I highly recommend getting some more bread on the side—they offer small loaves and soup crackers for free, but I'm so extra, I bought my own loaf.
      • 2017 November, Claire Craig, "#Instabeauty", in Northern Woman, page 48:
        Shattered glass, pierced, bejewelled, chromed and glittered - nails are going totally extra on Insta at the minute and we approve.
      • 2019, Michelle Spottswood, quoted in Kirby Myers, "Does Christmas in your house start before or after Thanksgiving", Key West Weekly, 21 November 2019, page 7:
        Two months of Christmas trees, Christmas movies and Christmas music brings so much fun to our home, we are so extra with it!
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:extra.

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    • (beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary): main, principal

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    Translations

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    beyond what is due, usual
    extraordinarily good
    over-the-top

    Adverb

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    extra (not comparable )

    1. (informal ) To an extraordinary degree.
      That day he ran to school extra fast.

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    to an extraordinary degree

    Noun

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    extra (plural extras )

    1. Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
      Synonyms: addition , supplement
    2. An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event.
      Extra, extra! Read all about it!
    3. (cricket ) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
      Synonym: sundry
    4. (acting ) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
    5. (slang ) The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.
      Stop! I can't deal with all your extra today!
    6. Something of an extra quality or grade. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    7. (Singapore , military , countable ) A day of extra duties (often, over the weekends), as a form of punishment.

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    Translations

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    (cricket) wide, bye, leg bye or no ball
    extra edition of a newspaper
    person in a play or movie with a minimal part — see also walk-on,‎ NPC
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    extra (invariable )

    1. of the highest quality

    Adjective

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    extra m or f (masculine and feminine plural extres )

    1. extra (beyond what is due)

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    extra m or f by sense (plural extres )

    1. extra , walk-on

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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin extra , influenced by French and Middle French extraordinaire .

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA (key): /ˈɛks.traː/
    • Audio: (file)
    • Hyphenation: extra

    Adverb

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    extra

    1. extra

    Adjective

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    extra (not comparable )

    1. extra
    2. (Limburg) on purpose

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    Declension of extra
    uninflected extra
    inflected extra
    comparative —
    positive
    predicative/adverbial extra
    indefinite m./f. sing. extra
    n. sing. extra
    plural extra
    definite extra
    partitive extra's

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    Noun

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    extra m (plural extra's , diminutive extraatje  n)

    1. something extra, something in addition

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    French

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    extra (plural extras )

    1. extra , additional
    2. great, super, famous

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    Noun

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    extra m or f by sense (plural extras )

    1. extra , supplement

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    German

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin extrā , see also the similarly borrowed prefix extra- . Pfeifer speculates that the standalone usage with the sense of "separate" arises out of phrases like extrā ōrdinem ("out of the ordinary") which occurs in 16th century German chancellary texts.

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    extra (indeclinable ) (chiefly in compounds)

    1. (informal ) separate (not included in or directly connected to the object being discussed)
      • 1930, Heinrich Lersch, "Ich muss organisiert sein", in Hammerschläge‎[1] , Verlagshaus Bong & Co:
        »Bist du noch nicht organisiert?«
        »Nein!« sagte ich, »was soll ich tun? Mein katholischer Glaube verbietet mir, zu den freien, also roten Gewerkschaften zu gehn, weil für die christlichen Arbeiter extra Gewerkschaften sind.[...]«
        "You're not organized yet?"
        "No!", I said, "what am I supposed to do? My Catholic beliefs forbid me from joining the free, meaning red, unions, because there are separate unions for Christian workers. [...] "
    2. (colloquial ) special, specially made
      Das is’n ganz extra Rezept von meiner Mutter. ― This is a very special recipe of my mother’s.

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    • In formal standard German, extra- is a prefix attached to the following noun. In colloquial German, however, it is often treated like a real adjective. The substantival (or partitive) form used with indefinite pronouns may also take -s : was Extras ("something additional, something on top").

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    Adverb

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    extra

    1. specifically (for a given purpose)
      Synonym: eigens
      Das Wrack wurde mit extra entworfenen Bergungskränen gehoben. ― The wreck was lifted with specifically designed salvage cranes.
    2. (colloquial ) on purpose
      Synonyms: absichtlich , mit Absicht
      Das hab ich doch nich’ extra gemacht! ― I didn't do that on purpose!
    3. (colloquial ) aside, apart, separately
      Synonyms: einzeln , getrennt , separat
      Können Sie mir die Fritten und die Wurst extra abpacken? ― Could you wrap the fries and the sausage separately?
    4. (colloquial ) particularly, very
      Synonyms: besonders , sehr
      Vorsicht! Der Tee is’ extra heiß! ― Be careful! The tea is extra hot!

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    • In the sense of "specifically", extra has entered the standard language and is now frequently seen in writing. The other senses remain colloquial.

    Further reading

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    • "extra", in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)
    • "extra" in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    From German extra , from Latin extra .[1]

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    • IPA (key): [ˈɛkstrɒ]
    • Audio: (file)
    • Hyphenation: ext‧ra
    • Rhymes: -rɒ

    Adjective

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    extra (comparative extrább , superlative legextrább )

    1. extra (beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional )
      extra kiadások ― extra expenses

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    Noun

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    extra (plural extrák )

    1. luxury features (e.g. in vehicles)

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    Possessive forms of extra
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. extrám extráim
    2nd person sing. extrád extráid
    3rd person sing. extrája extrái
    1st person plural extránk extráink
    2nd person plural extrátok extráitok
    3rd person plural extrájuk extráik

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    1. ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

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    • extra in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
    • extra in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

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    • IPA (key): /ekstra/, /eɡztra/

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    extra

    1. extra

    Italian

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    extra (invariable )

    1. extra
    2. select (best quality)

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    extra m (invariable )

    1. extra (something additional)

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    extra

    1. outside of, aside from, not including

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    1. ^ "extra" in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia , Rai Eri, 2025
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "extra" in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

    Latin

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      Adverb contracted from the ablative exterā (parte ), of exter .

      The change from instrumental/ablative to accusative is caused by *-teros used adverbially.

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      extrā (comparative exterius , no superlative )

      1. on the outside
        Synonyms: extrīnsecus , forīs

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      extrā (+ accusative)

      1. outside of
      2. beyond

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      References

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      • "extra", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • "extra", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • "extra", in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
      • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[3] , London: Macmillan and Co.
        • the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen extra ripas diffluit
        • to go outside the gate: extra portam egredi
        • joking apart: extra iocum, remoto ioco (Fam. 7. 11. 3)
        • to pass the limit: extra modum prodire
        • beyond all measure: extra, praeter modum
        • to be free from blame: extra culpam esse
        • to be out of range: extra teli iactum, coniectum esse
      • extra in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[4] , pre-publication website, 2005-2016
      • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), "extra", in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 232
      • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), "extra", in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 330

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      (Can we verify (+) this pronunciation?) (particularly: ekstra?)

      Adjective

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      extra m or f (plural extras )

      1. extra (beyond what is due, usual, expected or necessary)
        Synonym: adicional

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      extra m (plural extras )

      1. anything that is extra
      2. bonus (extra amount of money given as a premium)
        Synonym: bónus

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      extra m or f by sense (plural extras )

      1. (film , television ) extra ; walk-on (actor in a small role with no dialogue)
        Synonym: figurante

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      Spanish

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      • IPA (key): /ˈeɡstɾa/ [ˈeɣ̞s.t̪ɾa]
      • Rhymes: -eɡstɾa
      • Syllabification: ex‧tra

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      extra m or f (masculine and feminine plural extras )

      1. additional, extra
      2. superior
      3. extraordinary
        Synonym: extraordinario

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      Noun

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      extra m or f by sense (plural extras )

      1. extra (in a film)

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      extra (not comparable )

      1. extra

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      No inflected forms.

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      Adverb

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      extra (not comparable )

      1. extra

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