different between extraordinary vs transcendent

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 transcend +? -ent, or borrowed from Latin tr?nscend?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?æn(t)?s?nd?nt/

Adjective

transcendent (comparative more transcendent, superlative most transcendent)

1. surpassing usual limits
2. supreme in excellence
3. beyond the range of usual perception
4. free from constraints of the material world

Related terms

Noun

transcendent (plural transcendents)

1. That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tr?nscend?ns. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tr?n.s?n?d?nt/
• Hyphenation: trans?cen?dent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

transcendent (not comparable)

1. (mathematic) transcendental, not algebraic

Inflection

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???.s??d/

Verb

transcendent

1. third-person plural present indicative of transcender
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of transcender

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tran?sken.dent/, [t??ä???s?k?n?d??n?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tran??en.dent/, [t???n?????n?d??n?t?]

Verb

tr?nscendent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of tr?nscend?

Romanian

Etymology

From French transcendant, from Latin transcendens.

Adjective

transcendent m or n (feminine singular transcendent?, masculine plural transcenden?i, feminine and neuter plural transcendente)

1. transcendent

Declension