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"extraordinary" in seven languages

Meaningextraordinary

Spanish

extraordinario

/ekstɾaoɾdiˈnaɾjo/

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French

extraordinaire

/ɛkstʁaɔʁdinɛʁ/

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Italian

straordinario

/straordiˈnarjo/

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Also 'overtime': fare gli straordinari.

Portuguese

extraordinário

/estɾaohdʒiˈnaɾju/

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Romanian

extraordinar

/ekstraordiˈnar/

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Catalan

extraordinari

/əkstɾəuɾdiˈnaɾi/

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English

extraordinary

/ɪkˈstɹɔɹdənɛɹi/

from Latin/French · Latin EXTRAORDINĀRIUS

English → ItalianextraordinarystraordinarioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

EXTRAORDINĀRIUM‘outside the usual order’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Literally 'outside the order'. Italian, as usual, trims ex- to s- (straordinario, like strano from EXTRĀNEUM).

English relatives: order, ordinary, extra

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In a sentence

  • esTiene una memoria extraordinaria.
  • frElle a une mémoire extraordinaire.
  • itHa una memoria straordinaria.
  • ptEla tem uma memória extraordinária.
  • roAre o memorie extraordinară.
  • caTé una memòria extraordinària.
  • enShe has an extraordinary memory.

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