estratta

Estratta is the feminine singular form of the past participle of the Italian verb estrarre, meaning to extract or to draw out. It is used mainly as an adjective to describe something that has been removed from a larger whole, rather than as a stand-alone noun.

In practice, estratta appears in phrases such as la sostanza estratta (the substance extracted) or la parte estratta (the extracted portion). It conveys a sense of process or result—that a selection or separation has occurred. In many contexts, however, the noun estratto is preferred when referring to a product or concentrate obtained by extraction.

Morphology and usage notes: estratta agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies (es. una soluzione estratta, le soluzioni estratte). The term is common in scientific, technical, and academic language, where precise description of a result of extraction is required.

Relation to related terms: estrazione refers to the process of extracting (the act of extraction), while estratto is the usual noun for the product or result of extraction. The root comes from Latin extrahere, with cognates in other Romance languages, such as extrait in French and extract in English.