extraordinaire

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French extraordinaire. Doublet of extraordinary. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪkˌstɹɔː(ɹ).dɪˈnɛː(ɹ)/ === Adjective === extraordinaire (not comparable) (postpositive) Extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding. (postpositive) (of a person) Particularly skilled; unusually active; particularly successful. ==== Usage notes ==== When used after a plural noun, the adjective is occasionally pluralized as extraordinaires like in French, so that (for example) both dancers extraordinaire and dancers extraordinaires can be found. === Noun === extraordinaire (uncountable) Something particularly remarkable or outstanding. == French == === Alternative forms === extraördinaire (obsolete) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin extraordinārius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛk.stʁa.ɔʁ.di.nɛʁ/, /ɛk.stʁɔʁ.di.nɛʁ/ === Adjective === extraordinaire (plural extraordinaires) extraordinary, out of the ordinary Antonym: ordinaire ==== Derived terms ==== extraordinairement === Further reading === “extraordinaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012