different between extraordinary vs memorable

English

Alternative forms

• extra-ordinary
• extraördinary (rare)

Etymology

From Latin extr??rdin?rius, from extr? ?rdinem (“outside the order”); equivalent to extra- +? ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ks?t???(?)d?n??i/, /?ks?t???(?)d?n?i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n??i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n?i/
• Hyphenation: ex?traor?di?na?ry

Adjective

extraordinary (comparative more extraordinary, superlative most extraordinary)

1. Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
2. Remarkably good.

3. Special or supernumerary.

   the physician extraordinary in a royal household

   an extraordinary professor in a German university

Synonyms

• exceptional
• unparalleled
• noteworthy
• outstanding

Antonyms

• everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual

Derived terms

• extraordinary optical transmission
• extraordinary professor
• extraordinary rendition

Translations

Noun

extraordinary (plural extraordinaries)

1. 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.

English

Etymology

From Middle French mémorable, from Latin memorabilis, from memor? (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). See memory, and confer memorabilia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?m(?)??bl?/
• Hyphenation: mem?or?able

Adjective

memorable (comparative more memorable, superlative most memorable)

1. Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.

   Surviving fame to gain, By tombs, by books, by memorable deeds. -Sir John Davies.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:memorable

Derived terms

• memorableness
• memorability
• memorably

Translations

Spanish

Adjective

memorable (plural memorables)

1. memorable

Related terms

• memoria