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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: extra-ordinary and extraördinary
English
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h1eǵhsteros
Proto-Italic *eksteros
Latin exter
Latin extrā
English extraordinary
Derived from Latin extrāōrdinārius , from the phrase extrā ōrdinem ("outside the order"), from extrā + ōrdō . By surface analysis, extra- + ordinary . Doublet of extraordinaire .
Pronunciation
[edit ]- (UK ) IPA (key): /ɪkˈstɹɔːdɪn(ə)ɹi/, /ˌɛkstɹəˈɔːɹdɪn(ə)ɹi/
- (US , Canada ) IPA (key): /ɪkˈstɹɔɹdɪnɛɹi/
- (Hong Kong ) IPA (key): /ɪks.tɹɑːˈɔː.dɪn.nə.ɹiː/
- Hyphenation: ex‧tra(‧)or‧di‧na‧ry
Adjective
[edit ]extraordinary (comparative more extraordinary, superlative most extraordinary)
- Out of the ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
- Except in extraordinary circumstances, [...]
- 1921, G. B. Shaw, Back to Methuselah :
- Everybody knew I was an extraordinary person. When I was born my beard was three feet long.
- 1978, Spanish Constitution of 1978 :
- The Houses may meet in extraordinary sessions at the request of the Government, of the Permanent Deputation or of the overall majority of members of either of the two Houses. Extraordinary sessions must be convened with a specific agenda and shall be adjourned once this has been dealt with.
- 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, "2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France", in BBC Sport:
- Tony Woodcock's early try and a penalty from fourth-choice fly-half Stephen Donald were enough to see the All Blacks home in an extraordinary match that defied all pre-match predictions.
- 2013 June 8, "The new masters and commanders", in The Economist , volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
- From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. [...] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
- Remarkably good.
- an extraordinary poet
- Special or supernumerary.
- the physician extraordinary in a royal household
- an extraordinary professor in a German university
Synonyms
[edit ]- exceptional
- unparalleled
- noteworthy
- outstanding
- (nonstandard) extraordinate
Antonyms
[edit ]Derived terms
[edit ]- article of extraordinary value
- eggstraordinary
- extraordinarily
- extraordinariness
- extraordinarity
- extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
- extraordinary form
- Extraordinary Form
- extraordinary general meeting
- extraordinary magisterium
- extraordinary optical transmission
- extraordinary professor
- extraordinary ray
- extraordinary rendition
- extraordinary session
- go to extraordinary lengths
- superextraordinary
- unextraordinary
Translations
[edit ]not ordinary
- Afrikaans: buitengewoon
- Albanian: i jashtëzakonshëm (sq)
- Arabic: اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ (istiṯnāʔiyy), غَيْرُ عَادِيّ (ḡayru ʕādiyy)
- Armenian: արտասովոր (artasovor)
- Asturian: estraordinariu
- Azerbaijani: fövqəladə
- Basque: apartekoak
- Belarusian: незвыча́йны (njezvyčájny), надзвыча́йны (nadzvyčájny), экстраардына́рны (ekstraardynárny)
- Bengali: অলৌকিক (bn) (olōukik)
- Breton: dreistordinal (br)
- Bulgarian: необикновен (bg) (neobiknoven)
- Burmese: ထူးခြားသော (htu:hkra:sau:)
- Catalan: extraordinari (ca) , descomunal
- Chinese:
- Corsican: straordinariu
- Czech: neobyčejný (cs) , mimořádný (cs) (of session)
- Danish: ekstraordinær
- Dutch: buitengewoon (nl)
- Esperanto: eksterordinara
- Estonian: erakordne
- Finnish: erikoinen (fi) , kummallinen (fi) , epätavallinen (fi)
- French: extraordinaire (fr)
- Frisian:
- West Frisian: bûtengewoan
- Galician: extraordinario (gl)
- German: außerordentlich (de) , außergewöhnlich (de)
- Greek: ασυνήθιστος (el) (asyníthistos), αναπάντεχος (el) (anapántechos), εξαίρετος (el) (exaíretos), αξιοθαύμαστος (el) (axiothávmastos), αξεπέραστος (el) (axepérastos), εξαιρετικός (el) (exairetikós)
- Ancient Greek: ἐξαίσιος (exaísios)
- Gujarati: અસાધારણ (asādhāraṇ)
- Haitian Creole: ekstraòdinè
- Hindi: असाधारण (hi) (asādhāraṇ), अकल्पनीय (hi) (akalpanīya)
- Hmong:
- Central Huishui Hmong: txawv tshaj plaw
- Hungarian: rendkívüli (hu)
- Indonesian: luar biasa (id)
- Irish: urghnách
- Italian: straordinario (it) m, straordinaria (it) f, eccezionale (it) , fantastico (it) , impareggiabile (it) , ineguagliabile (it) , fuori dal comune
- Japanese: 並外れた (ja) (namihazureta), 非凡な (ja) (hibon na)
- Javanese: srengenge katon padhang
- Korean: 특별한 (teukbyeolhan)
- Ladin: straurdener
- Lao: ຊຸມສະໄຫມວິ (sum sa haim wi)
- Latin: extraordinarius , insolitus , eximus (la)
- Latvian: ārkārtas
- Lithuanian: nepaprastas
- Luxembourgish: ausseruerdentlech
- Macedonian: вонредна (vonredna)
- Malay: luar biasa (ms)
- Maltese: straordinarja
- Māori: autaia , whakaharahara , haraki , korokē
- Nepali: असाधारण (ne) (asādhāraṇ)
- Norman: extraordinnaithe
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ekstraordinær
- Nynorsk: ekstraordinær
- Occitan: extraordinari (oc)
- Persian: فوق العاده (fa)
- Polish: niezwykły (pl) , nadzwyczajny (pl)
- Portuguese: extraordinário (pt) , extraordinária (pt)
- Punjabi: ਅਸਧਾਰਨ (pa) (asadhāran)
- Romanian: extraordinar (ro) , ieșit din comun m or n, neobișnuit (ro) m or n
- Russian: необы́чный (ru) (neobýčnyj), необыча́йный (ru) (neobyčájnyj), экстраордина́рный (ru) (ekstraordinárnyj), чрезвычайный (ru) (črezvyčajnyj)
- Scots: byordinar
- Serbo-Croatian: izvanredno (sh)
- Sinhalese: අත්යසාමාන්ය ය (atyasāmānya ya)
- Slovak: neobyčajný , mimoriadny
- Slovene: izredna
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wósebny
- Spanish: extraordinario (es) , descomunal (es) , macanudo (es) , de aúpa
- Sundanese: anu rongkah
- Swedish: extraordinär (sv) , utomordentlig (sv)
- Tagalog: pambihira
- Tajik: ғайринавбатии (ġayrinavbati-yi)
- Tamil: அசாதாரண (acātāraṇa)
- Thai: วิสามัญ (th) (wis̄āmạỵ)
- Turkish: fevkalade (tr) , olağanüstü (tr) , harikulade (tr)
- Ukrainian: незвича́йний (nezvyčájnyj), надзвича́йний (nadzvyčájnyj), екстраордина́рний (ekstraordynárnyj)
- Vietnamese: phi thường (vi)
- Yiddish: ויסערגעוויינלעך (oysergeveynlekh)
remarkably good
- Spanish: pulenta (Andes)
Noun
[edit ]extraordinary (plural extraordinaries )
- Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
- 1787, The New Annual Register:
- [...] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries.
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