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ultra
English
Etymology
From Latin ultra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lt??/
Adjective
ultra (comparative more ultra, superlative most ultra)
- Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.
- an ultra reformer; ultra measures
Noun
ultra (plural ultras)
- An ultraroyalist in France.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 37:
- "At any rate that is what he explained to me," I said hastily while the lawyer rubbed his long ultra's nose and sighed.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 37:
- An extremist, especially an ultranationalist.
- 2005, "Foreign ultra killed, three injured in J&K," The Times of India, 29 Dec. (retrieved 21 Apr. 2009):
- Five militants were nabbed while four ultras of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) gave themselves up.
- 2005, "Foreign ultra killed, three injured in J&K," The Times of India, 29 Dec. (retrieved 21 Apr. 2009):
- (soccer) An especially devoted football fan, typically associated with the intimidating use of extremist slogans, pyrotechnics and sometimes hooligan violence.
- 2012, ALINA BERNSTEIN, Neil Blain, Sport, Media, Culture: Global and Local Dimensions, Routledge ?ISBN, page 183
- A similar view is expressed by a Turin supporter in Segre's study, but in this case it is more specifically addressed to how powerful teams, such as Juventus, get preferential treatment in reports on the negative aspects of the ultras world.
- 2013, Richard Guilianotti, Football, Violence and Social Identity, Routledge ?ISBN, page 77
- If a member of an official football club can be said to be a citizen of the football world, an ultra has to be considered as a militant.
- 2015, Jamie Cleland, A Sociology of Football in a Global Context, Routledge ?ISBN, page 30
- Although the intention initially was to distribute tickets and arrange travel to away matches, ultras quickly became actively organised and developed an overtly passionate cultural and political identity inside each curva
- 2012, ALINA BERNSTEIN, Neil Blain, Sport, Media, Culture: Global and Local Dimensions, Routledge ?ISBN, page 183
- (athletics) An ultramarathon.
- (climbing) An ultra-prominent peak.
- (usually capitalised) Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.
Related terms
- ulterior
- ultimate
- ultra-
Anagrams
- lutar
Finnish
Noun
ultra
- (aviation) ultralight (aircraft that weighs very little)
- Short for ultraäänitutkimus.
Declension
Synonyms
- (aircraft): ultrakevyt, ultrakevyt lentokone, UL-kone
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yl.t?a/
Adjective
ultra (plural ultras)
- ultra, extreme
Noun
ultra m or f (plural ultras)
- extremist
- (historical) an ultra-royalist during the Bourbon Restoration period in France
Further reading
- “ultra” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English ultra, French outre, Italian oltre, Spanish ultra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ul.tra/
Adjective
ultra
- ultra: beyond due limit
- further, additional
Derived terms
References
- Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 90
- Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 593
- Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 481
Latin
Etymology
From uls + -ter + -? (adverb). See also citr?, intr?, extr?.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ul.tra?/, [????t??ä?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ul.tra/, [?ul?t???]
Preposition
ultr? (+ accusative)
- beyond
Adverb
ultr? (not comparable)
- beyond, further
- additionally, besides
Descendants
References
- ultra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ultra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ultra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Anagrams
- lutra
Spanish
Adjective
ultra (plural ultras)
- extreme
Noun
ultra m or f (plural ultras)
- far-right extremist
- hooligan, hardened fan
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meta
English
Etymology 1
From meta-, back-formed from metaphysics.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?t?/, [?m???]
- Rhymes: -?t?
Adjective
meta (comparative more meta, superlative most meta)
- (informal) Self-referential; structured analogously, but at a higher level.
Translations
See also
- transcendental
- self-aware
Etymology 2
From Latin m?ta.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mi?t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?mi?t?/, /mi???/
- Rhymes: -i?t?
Noun
meta (plural metas or metae)
- Boundary marker.
- (historical) Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.
Etymology 3
Clipping of metagame.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?t?/, /m???/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Noun
meta (plural metas)
- (video games) Metagame; the most effective tactics and strategies used in a competitive video game.
- (by extension, Internet slang) An informal but widely-adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
Adjective
meta (comparative more meta, superlative most meta)
- (video games) Prominent in the metagame; effective and frequently used in competitive gameplay.
Etymology 4
Clipping of metaoidioplasty.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Noun
meta (plural metas)
- (informal) Metoidioplasty.
Anagrams
- AEMT, ATEM, Atem, Tame, Team, Tema, mate, maté, meat, tame, team
Basque
Noun
meta inan
- heap
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?m?.t?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?m?.t?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?me.ta/
Noun
meta f (plural metes)
- (sports) finish line
- (sports) goal, goalpost
- goal, aim, objective
Further reading
- “meta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
From Latin m?ta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?ta/
Noun
meta f
- frontier, goal, objective, ambition
- (softball, baseball) base
Declension
Synonyms
- cíl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?ta]
- Rhymes: -?ta
- Hyphenation: me?ta
Verb
meta
- masculine singular present transgressive of mést
Synonyms
- zametaje
Related terms
- metouc
References
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse meta, from Proto-Germanic *metan?, from Proto-Indo-European *med-.
Verb
meta (third person singular past indicative metti or metaði, third person plural past indicative mett or metað, supine mett or metað)
- to measure, esteem, consider
Conjugation
Hungarian
Etymology
From English meta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?t?]
- Hyphenation: me?ta
Adjective
meta (comparative metább, superlative legmetább)
- (informal) meta (self-referential)
Declension
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m??ta/
- Rhymes: -??ta
Etymology 1
From Old Norse meta, from Proto-Germanic *metan?.
Verb
meta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative mat, third-person plural past indicative mátu, supine metið)
- to measure
- to assess
- to appreciate, to esteem, to consider to be of worth
Conjugation
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
meta
- indefinite genitive plural of met
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- menta
Etymology
From Sanskrit ???? (matta, “mad, drunken”). Compare to Balinese ???? (mata, “furious”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abon?m?n/
- Hyphenation: mê?ta
Adjective
mêta (plural meta-meta)
- (obsolete) mad
- Synonym: mengamuk
- (obsolete) drunken
- Synonym: mabuk
Further reading
- “meta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin m?ta. Doublet of meda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?.ta/
Noun
meta f (plural mete)
- destination
- Synonyms: arrivo, destinazione
- (figuratively) aim, goal, end
- Synonyms: scopo, intenzione, fine
- (rugby) try
- (soccer) goal
- (Ancient Rome) meta (either of the conical columns at each end of a Roman circus)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me.ta/
Noun
meta f (plural mete)
- pile of straw
- Synonym: mucchio
- haystack
- dung (of a farm animal)
- Synonym: sterco
Descendants
- ? Serbo-Croatian: méta
Etymology 3
Shortening of metaldeide.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?.ta/
Noun
meta m (invariable)
- (organic chemistry) metaldehyde
Anagrams
- team, tema
Kazukuru
Alternative forms
- mata
Noun
meta
- eye
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *m?t?, from Proto-Indo-European *meh?- (“to measure”). Related to Ancient Greek ????? (mêtis), ?????? (métron), ??????? (métrios), Old Church Slavonic ???? (m?ra); compare also Hungarian mér, Russian ????? (méra), Serbo-Croatian mera and mjera, English meal.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?me?.ta/, [?me?t?ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?me.ta/, [?m??t??]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?me?.ta?/, [?me?t?ä?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?me.ta/, [?m??t??]
Noun 1
m?ta f (genitive m?tae); first declension
- cone, pyramid
- turning point, winning post (pillar at each end of the Circus route)
- boundary limit
- (figuratively) goal, end, limit, turning point
- vocative singular of m?ta
Declension
First-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: meda
- Old French: mete
- ? Middle English: mete
- English: mete
- ? Middle English: mete
- Old Portuguese: meda
- Galician: meda
- Portuguese: meda
- Spanish: meda
- ? Belarusian: ???? (meta)
- ? Catalan: meta
- ? Czech: meta
- ? English: meta
- ? Italian: meta
- ? Serbo-Croatian: méta
- ? Polish: meta
- ? Ukrainian: ????? (metá)
- ? Portuguese: meta
- ? Russian: ???? (meta)
- ? Slovak: méta
- ? Spanish: meta
Noun 2
m?t? f
- ablative singular of m?ta
Latvian
Verb
meta
- 3rd person singular past indicative form of mest
- 3rd person plural past indicative form of mest
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?æ?t??]
Verb
m?ta
- third-person singular present of mesti
- third-person plural present of mesti
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ?????? (mat?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?ta/
Adverb
meta
- when
Conjunction
meta
- when; as
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *metan? (“to measure”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med-.
Verb
meta (singular past indicative mat, plural past indicative mátu, past participle metinn)
- (transitive) to estimate, value
- (reflexive, til e-s) to be reckoned as, counted for
Conjugation
Related terms
- mj?tuðr
- mætr
References
- meta in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish
Etymology
From Latin m?ta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?.ta/
Noun
meta f
- (sports) finish line, winning post
- goal, end
- range, distance
- (colloquial) familiar store or restaurant
- (colloquial) A place where one can stay for a short while.
- (colloquial) A place where alcohol is illegally sold or drunk.
- (bodybuilding slang) methandrostenolone, an anabolic steroid
Declension
Descendants
- ? Ukrainian: ????? (metá)
Further reading
- meta in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- meta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin m?ta (“turning spot in arena; goal”). Doublet of meda.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?m?.t?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?m?.t?/, [?m?.t??]
Noun
meta f (plural metas)
- goal
- target
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Alternative forms
- mêta (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /?me.t?/
Verb
meta
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of meter
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of meter
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of meter
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of meter
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Italian meta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??ta/
- Hyphenation: me?ta
Noun
méta f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- target
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *m?ta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mé?ta/
Noun
m??ta f
- mint (plant)
Inflection
Further reading
- “meta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?meta/, [?me.t?a]
Etymology 1
From Latin meta (“turning spot in arena; goal”).
Noun
meta f (plural metas)
- goal
- target
Derived terms
- saque de meta
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
meta
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of meter.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of meter.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of meter.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of meter.
Further reading
- “meta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
meta (n class, plural meta)
- Alternative form of mita
Swedish
Verb
meta (present metar, preterite metade, supine metat, imperative meta)
- to angle for fish
Conjugation
Related terms
- metspö
Anagrams
- tame, team, tema
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse *mita, meta, from Proto-Germanic *metan?, from Proto-Indo-European *med-.
Verb
meta
- (transitive) To measure.
- Synonym: måhl
Derived terms
Related terms
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