supernumerary

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌsuːpəˈnjuːm(ə)ɹ(ə)ɹi/
• (GA) IPA: /ˌsupɚˈn(j)uməˌɹɛɹi/

Noun

supernumerary (plural supernumeraries)

1. A person who work#Verb|works in a group#Noun|group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular#Adjective|regular staff#Noun|staff (the numerary). [from early 17th c.]

   The judge was a supernumerary, helping the regular judges whenever there was a surplus amount of work.

2. (film, theater) An extra#Noun|extra or walk-on, often non-speaking, in a film#Noun|film or play#Noun|play; a spear carrier.

   Synonyms: supe, super

3. Something which is beyond the prescribed#Adjective|prescribed or standard#Adjective|standard amount#Noun|amount or number#Noun|number.
4. (zoology) An animal which has not form#Verb|formed a pair bond and is therefore single#Adjective|single.
5. (Roman Catholicism) A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.

Related terms

• supernumerous
• supranumerary

Translations

• French: surnuméraire, suppléant

Adjective

supernumerary (not comparable)

1. Greater in number#Noun|number than.
2. Beyond the prescribed#Adjective|prescribed or standard#Adjective|standard amount#Noun|amount or number; excess#Adjective|excess, extra#Adjective|extra.

   Synonyms: epactal

   1. (biology, specifically) Of an organ or structure#Noun|structure: additional to what is normally present#Adjective|present.

      Synonyms: supranumerary

      a supernumerary nipple; a supernumerary tooth

3. Beyond what is necessary; redundant.

   Synonyms: superfluous, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted

Translations

• French: surnuméraire, en surnombre
• Italian: soprannumero, soprannumerario, soprannumeraria
• Spanish: supernumerario, supernumeraria

Translations

• French: en trop, en surnombre

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