# ultra-
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʌltɹə/

### Prefix

ultra-
* Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in ultrasecret.
* Beyond, on the far side of, as in ultraviolet.
* Beyond, outside of, as in ultrasonic.
* Excessively, to an extreme, as in ultramicroscopic, ultra-careful.
** 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 188, number 23, page 19: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.
* (augmentative) intensely, extremely, or exceptional

#### Usage notes

* Productive in all senses. The hyphen is included when the use is relatively unfamiliar, as in ultra-careful.

#### Synonyms

* (beyond): trans-, para-, hyper-, out-, extra-, preter-
* (on the far side of): trans-
* (excessively): over-, hyper-, ana-
* (augmentative): super-, supra-, hyper-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, maxi-, giga-, -zilla, grand

#### Antonyms

* infra-

#### Derived terms

* ultra-scalable

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* lutar

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ultra ]

### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra-
    ‎ultra- + ‎fialový → ‎ultrafialový

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “ultra-”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “ultra-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* ultra- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ultra-/, [ˈultˢʁ̥ɑˈ-], [ˈultˢʁ̥ɑˌ-]

### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra- (beyond, on the far side of; beyond, outside of)
** ultralyd, ultraviolet
* (informal) ultra- (greater than normal quantity or importance, excessively, to an extreme)
** ultralet, ultrakort, ultramoderne, ultratynd

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʏl.traː/
* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra- (beyond, on the far side of; beyond, outside of)

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English ultra-), ultimately from Latin ultrā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈultrɑ-/, [ˈul̪.t̪rɑ̝-]

### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra-

#### Derived terms

* ultrata

### Further reading

* “ultra-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

## French
### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra-

#### Derived terms
## German
### Etymology

From Latin ultrā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʊltʁa/
* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra-

#### Usage notes

* In political buzzwords (like ultrakonservativ), this suffix is derogatory.

#### Derived terms

* ultraradikal
* ultrareaktionär

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈultrɒ]
* Hyphenation: ult‧ra

### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra-

#### Derived terms
### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

## Irish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).

### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra-

#### Derived terms
## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin ultrā (“beyond”).

### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra-

#### Derived terms
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra- (as for English)

#### Derived terms
### References

* “ultra-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra- (as for English)

#### Derived terms
### References

* “ultra-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin ultrā.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /uw.tɾa/ [uʊ̯.tɾa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ul.tɾɐ/ [uɫ.tɾɐ]

### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra-

#### Derived terms
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin ultrā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ultɾa/ [ul̪.t̪ɾa]
* Syllabification: ul‧tra-

### Prefix

ultra-
* ultra-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “ultra-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10