Standard Lemma guide

extra-

prefix · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prefix

Meaning 1

Outside of, beyond.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • extramarital: outside of marriage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h1eǵhsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- From Latin extra (“outside, except, beyond”, adverb and preposition), from exter (“being on the outside”).

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَارِجَ عَنْ (ḵārija ʕan) — outside, beyond
  • Catalan: extra- — outside, beyond
  • Danish: ekstra- — outside, beyond
  • French: extra- — outside, beyond
  • Galician: extra- — outside, beyond
  • German: außer- — outside, beyond
  • German: extra- — outside, beyond
  • Indonesian: ekstra- — outside, beyond
  • Irish: eachtar- — outside, beyond
  • Italian: extra- — outside, beyond
  • Japanese: 超 (chō) — outside, beyond
  • Norman: extra- — outside, beyond
  • Polish: ekstra- — outside, beyond
  • Polish: poza- — outside, beyond
  • Russian: вне- (vne-) — outside, beyond
  • Russian: экстра- (ekstra-) — outside, beyond
  • Spanish: extra- — outside, beyond
  • Ukrainian: поза- (poza-) — outside, beyond
  • Ukrainian: над- (nad-) — outside, beyond
  • Ukrainian: екстра- (ekstra-) — outside, beyond