extracurricular

See also: extra-curricular

English

Alternative forms

• extra-curricular

Etymology

From extra- +‎ curricular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛkstɹəkəˈɹɪkjʊlə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Adjective

extracurricular (not comparable)

1. Outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.

   Hyponym: supercurricular

   The students enjoy a number of extracurricular activities at weekends.

2. Similarly outside of the normal duties of a job or profession.
3. (informal) Extramarital. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 課外／课外 (zh) (kèwài)

• Dutch: buitenschools (nl)
• Finnish: lukujärjestyksen ulkopuolinen
• French: parascolaire (fr), périscolaire (fr), extrascolaire (fr)
• German: außerschulisch (de)
• Italian: extracurricolare
• Japanese: 課外 (ja) (かがい, kagai)
• Norman: extra-tchuthitchulaithe (Jersey)
• Polish: pozalekcyjny, pozaszkolny (pl)
• Russian: внекла́ссный (ru) (vneklássnyj), внеуро́чный (ru) (vneuróčnyj), внеаудито́рный (vneauditórnyj), внепрогра́ммный (vneprográmmnyj)
• Spanish: extracurricular
• Swedish: fritids-, utanför schemat
• Turkish: müfredat dışı

Noun

extracurricular (plural extracurriculars)

1. (education) An activity outside the normal academic curriculum.
2. (informal) An activity beyond official duties of a job or profession.
3. (informal) An extramarital affair.

Translations

an activity outside the normal academic curriculum

• Hungarian: különóra (hu)

Spanish

Adjective

extracurricular m or f (masculine and feminine plural extracurriculares)

1. extracurricular

Further reading

• “extracurricular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28