different between ulterior vs ultimatum

English

Etymology

From Latin ulterior (“further, more distant”), from ulter (“that is beyond”) + -ior (“more”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?t?????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l?t??i?/
• Rhymes: -???i?(?)
• Hyphenation: ul?te?ri?or

Adjective

ulterior (not comparable)

1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
2. Beyond what is obvious or evident.
3. Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive.
4. (archaic) Happening later; subsequent.

Usage notes

Ulterior is primarily used today to refer to impure, covert, and external motives. In the sense “beyond, farther”, the antonym is citerior (“nearer”), but this tends to be used only in literary writing. Instead, proximate and ultimate are more commonly used for “nearest” and “farthest” (cause, etc.) respectively.

Alternative forms

• ulteriour (obsolete)

Antonyms

• (situated beyond): citerior
• (intentionally concealed to deceive): ostensible
• (happening later): prior

Derived terms

• ulterior motive

Related terms

• ultimate
• ultra
• ultra-

Further reading

• ulterior in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ulterior in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ulterior at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ul.t?.?i?o/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ul.te.?i?o?/

Adjective

ulterior (masculine and feminine plural ulteriors)

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Further reading

• “ulterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

ulterior m or f (plural ulteriors)

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Further reading

• “ulterior” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Interlingua

Adjective

ulterior (not comparable)

1. farther
2. further
3. later

Derived terms

• ulteriormente

Latin

Etymology

ulter +? -ior

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ul?te.ri.or/, [????t???i?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ul?te.ri.or/, [ul??t????i?r]

Adjective

ulterior (neuter ulterius, positive ulter); third declension

1. further away

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Synonyms

• polte? (ablative)

Antonyms

• propior

Descendants

• English: ulterior
• Italian: ulteriore
• Spanish: ulterior
• Portuguese: ulterior

References

• ulterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ulterior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ulterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• ülteriur

Etymology

From Latin ulterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ylte?rjur/

Adjective

ulterior

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uwte?i?o(?)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u?t???jo?/

Adjective

ulterior m or f (plural ulteriores, comparable)

1. ulterior; posterior in space

   Synonym: posterior

2. subsequent in time

   Synonyms: subsequente, posterior, seguinte

Derived terms

• ulterioridade
• ulteriormente

Further reading

• “ulterior” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

From French ultérieur

Adjective

ulterior m or n (feminine singular ulterioar?, masculine plural ulteriori, feminine and neuter plural ulterioare)

1. ulterior

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ulte??jo?/, [ul?.t?e??jo?]
• Hyphenation: ul?te?rior

Adjective

ulterior (plural ulteriores)

1. ulterior
2. later; subsequent

Derived terms

• ulteriormente

Further reading

• “ulterior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin ultimatus (“late, last final”), from Latin ultimus (“extreme, last, furthest, farthest, final”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.t??me?.t?m/

Noun

ultimatum (plural ultimatums or ultimata)

1. A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war.

Related terms

• ulterior
• ultimate
• ultra
• ultra-

Translations

See also

• ultimatum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ultimatum in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Cebuano

Etymology

From English ultimatum, from Latin ultimatus (“late, last final”), from Latin ultimus (“extreme, last, furthest, farthest, final”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ul?ti?ma?tum

Noun

ultimatum

1. an ultimatum

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ultima?t?m/, [ult?i?mæ?t??m]

Noun

ultimatum n (singular definite ultimatummet, plural indefinite ultimatummer)

1. ultimatum

Inflection

Derived terms

• ultimativ

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin ultimatum, from ultimatus (“late, last final”), from ultim?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.ti?ma?.t?m/
• Hyphenation: ul?ti?ma?tum
• Rhymes: -a?t?m

Noun

ultimatum n (plural ultimatums or ultimata, diminutive ultimatumpje n)

1. ultimatum

Derived terms

• ultimatief

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ultimatum
• ? Indonesian: ultimatum

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yl.ti.ma.t?m/
• Rhymes: -?m
• Homophone: ultimatums

Noun

ultimatum m (plural ultimatums)

1. ultimatum

Further reading

• “ultimatum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

ultim?tum

1. accusative supine of ultim?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ultimatum n (definite singular ultimatumet, indefinite plural ultimata or ultimatumer, definite plural ultimataene or ultimatumene)

1. an ultimatum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ultimatum n (definite singular ultimatumet, indefinite plural ultimatum, definite plural ultimatuma)

1. an ultimatum

Polish

Etymology

From Latin ultim?tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ul.ti?ma.tum/

Noun

ultimatum n

1. ultimatum

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) ultymatywny

Further reading

• ultimatum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French ultimatum.

Noun

ultimatum n (plural ultimatumuri)

1. ultimatum

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ultim??tum/
• Hyphenation: ul?ti?ma?tum

Noun

ultimátum m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. ultimatum

Declension

Swedish

Noun

ultimatum n

1. an ultimatum

Declension

Related terms

• ultimat
• ultimativ

References

• ultimatum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)