English-Thai Dictionary

supernumerary

ADJ ซึ่ง มี มาก เกิน  เกิน  sueng-mak-koen-pai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPERNUMERARY

a.[L. super and numerus, number. ] 1. Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as a supernumerary officer in a regiment; a supernumerary canon in the church.
2. Exceeding a necessary, a usual or a round number; as supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense.

 

SUPERNUMERARY

n.A person or thing beyond the number stated, or beyond what is necessary or usual. On the reduction of the regiments, several supernumeraries were to be provided for.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUPERNUMERARY

Su `per *nu "mer *a *ry, a. Etym: [L. supernumerarius: cf. OF. supernuméraire, F. surnuméraire. See Super-, and Numerary, Number. ]

 

1. Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.

 

2. Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense. Addison.

 

SUPERNUMERARY

Su `per *nu "mer *a *ry, n.; pl. Supernumeraries (.

 

1. A person or thing beyond the number stated.

 

2. A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

supernumerary

su per nu mer ar y |ˌso͞opərˈn (y )o͞oməˌrerē ˈˌsupərˈn (j )uməˌrɛri | ▶adjective present in excess of the normal or requisite number, in particular: • (of a person ) not belonging to a regular staff but engaged for extra work. • not wanted or needed; redundant: books were obviously supernumerary, and he began jettisoning them. • Botany & Zoology denoting a structure or organ occurring in addition to the normal ones: a pair of supernumerary teats. • (of an actor ) appearing on stage but not speaking. ▶noun ( pl. supernumeraries ) a supernumerary person or thing. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin supernumerarius ‘(soldier ) added to a legion after it is complete, ’ from Latin super numerum ‘beyond the number. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

supernumerary

supernumerary |ˌsuːpəˈnjuːm (ə )r (ə )ri ˌsjuː -| ▶adjective present in excess of the normal or requisite number, in particular: • (of a person ) not belonging to a regular staff but engaged for extra work. • not wanted or needed; redundant: books were obviously supernumerary, and he began jettisoning them. • (of an actor ) appearing on stage but not speaking. • Botany & Zoology denoting a structure or organ occurring in addition to the normal ones: a pair of supernumerary teats. ▶noun ( pl. supernumeraries ) a supernumerary person or thing. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin supernumerarius ‘(soldier ) added to a legion after it is complete ’, from Latin super numerum ‘beyond the number ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

supernumerary

su per nu mer ar y /sùːpə r núːmərèri |-njúːm (ə )r (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ies C 1 余分な人 [もの ].2 〘劇 〙端役, エキストラ ; 臨時雇い .形容詞 1 余分な .2 端役の .