Extracurricular — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

outside the regular academic curriculum

outside the regular duties of your job or profession

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌɛkstɹəkɚɹˈɪkjʊlɚɹ/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɛkstɹəkəɹˈɪkjʊləɹ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɛkstɹəkəɹˈɪkjʊləɹ/

6 syllables Say it as /ˌɛkstɹəkɚɹˈɪkjʊlɚɹ/.

Examples

sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities
an adulterous relationship
extramarital affairs

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

adulterous extramarital

Parts of Speech

adjective	outside the regular academic curriculum “sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities”
adjective	outside the regular duties of your job or profession
adjective	characterized by adultery “an adulterous relationship”

Word Forms

adultery

noun

extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

außerschulisch

außerhalb des regulären akademischen Lehrplans

🇫🇷French

périscolaire

en dehors du programme académique régulier

🇪🇸Spanish

extraescolar

fuera del plan de estudios académico regular

🇮🇹Italian

extrascolastico

al di fuori del normale curriculum accademico

🇳🇱Dutch

buitenschoolse

buiten het reguliere academische curriculum

🇷🇺Russian

внеклассный

вне обычной академической программы

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पाठ्येतर

नियमित शैक्षणिक पाठ्यक्रम के बाहर

🇧🇩Bengali

পাঠ্যক্রম বহির্ভূত

নিয়মিত একাডেমিক পাঠ্যক্রমের বাইরে

🇮🇳Tamil

பாடத்திற்கு புறம்பான

வழக்கமான கல்வி பாடத்திட்டத்திற்கு வெளியே

🇮🇳Telugu

పాఠ్యేతర

సాధారణ విద్యా పాఠ్యాంశాలకు వెలుపల

🇮🇳Marathi

अभ्यासेतर

नियमित शैक्षणिक अभ्यासक्रमाच्या बाहेर

🇮🇳Gujarati

અભ્યાસેતર

નિયમિત શૈક્ષણિક અભ્યાસક્રમની બહાર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಠ್ಯೇತರ

ನಿಯಮಿತ ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ಪಠ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಹೊರಗೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പാഠ്യേതര

സാധാരണ അക്കാദമിക് പാഠ്യപദ്ധതിക്ക് പുറത്ത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਾਠਕ੍ਰਮ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ

ਨਿਯਮਤ ਅਕਾਦਮਿਕ ਪਾਠਕ੍ਰਮ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

غیر نصابی

باقاعدہ تعلیمی نصاب سے باہر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

课外

常规学术课程之外

🇯🇵Japanese

課外活動

通常の学業カリキュラムの外で

🇰🇷Korean

과외 활동

정규 학업 커리큘럼 외

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngoại khóa

ngoài chương trình học thông thường

🇹🇭Thai

นอกหลักสูตร

นอกหลักสูตรการศึกษาปกติ

🇮🇩Indonesian

ekstrakurikuler

di luar kurikulum akademik reguler

🇵🇭Filipino

ekstrakurikular

sa labas ng regular na akademikong kurikulum

🇲🇾Malay

ekstrakurikuler

di luar kurikulum akademik biasa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خارج المنهج

خارج المنهج الأكاديمي العادي

🇮🇷Persian

فوق برنامه

خارج از برنامه درسی معمولی دانشگاهی

🇹🇷Turkish

ders dışı

normal akademik müfredatın dışında

🇮🇱Hebrew

מחוץ ללימודים

מחוץ לתכנית הלימודים האקדמית הרגילה

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