ultra
French, noun/yl.tʁa/
ultra is spelled U-L-T-R-A (5 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written French, the 2,767th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ultra is a French feminine noun meaning “extremist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne exagérée dans ses opinions ; extrémiste”.
What does ultra mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ultra, extreme
noun
- 1
femininemasculineextremist
- 2
femininemasculinean ultraroyalist during the Bourbon Restoration period in France
prefix
- 1
ultra-
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. (Antéposé : se place avant le nom, sans trait d'union) Qui dépasse la mesure, la norme.
noun: 1. Personne exagérée dans ses opinions ; extrémiste. 2. Royalistes extrémistes sous la Restauration. 3. Chose qui passe la mesure. 4. Supporter qui encourage son équipe de manière extrême au moyen de chants continus, d'animations visuelles et de déplacements.
prefix: 1. Indique une idée de superlatif par rapport à la normale. 2. Indique une idée de dépassement de d'une limite. 3. Indique une idée d’extrême, voir d’excès.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ultra
- ultras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ultra?
- /yl.tʁa/
- \yl.tʁa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ultra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ultra in French?
ultra appears 29 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).