different between underground vs groundnut

English

Etymology

From Middle English undergrounde (adverb), equivalent to under +? ground. Compare Dutch ondergrond, ondergronds, German Untergrund, Danish undergrunds.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd????a?nd/, (especially for the noun) /??nd???a?nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd????a?nd/, (especially for the noun) /??nd???a?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd
• Hyphenation: un?der?ground

Adjective

underground (comparative more underground, superlative most underground)

1. (not comparable) Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.

   Synonyms: subterranean, hypogean
2. (figuratively) Hidden, furtive, secretive.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hidden, Thesaurus:covert

3. (Of music, art &c.) Outside the mainstream, especially unofficial and hidden from the authorities.

   Synonyms: unconventional, alternative

   Antonym: mainstream

Translations

Adverb

underground (comparative more underground, superlative most underground)

1. Below the ground.

   Synonym: below ground

2. Secretly.

   Synonyms: clandestinely, in secret, on the quiet

Translations

Noun

underground (plural undergrounds)

1. (geography) Regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines).
2. (chiefly Britain) Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground.

3. (with definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention.

   Synonym: resistance

4. (with definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention.

   Synonyms: avant-garde, counterculture

Translations

Verb

underground (third-person singular simple present undergrounds, present participle undergrounding, simple past and past participle undergrounded)

1. To route electricity distribution cables underground

Translations

See also

• underground railway
• go underground

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English underground.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nder.?r?und/, [??nde?r??r?und]

Noun

underground

1. underground (culture)

Declension

Compounds

• undergroundelokuva
• undergroundkirjallisuus
• undergroundkulttuuri
• undergroundsarjakuva

French

Etymology

From English underground.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œ?.d??.??awnd/

Adjective

underground (invariable)

1. underground (outside the mainstream)

Noun

underground m (uncountable)

1. (singular only) the underground (people who resist artistic convention)

Further reading

• “underground” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From English underground.

Noun

l'underground m (invariable)

1. the underground (people who resist artistic convention)

Spanish

Etymology

From English underground.

Noun

underground m (plural undergrounds)

1. underground (movement)

English

Etymology

From ground +? nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss and Hungarian földimogyoró.

Noun

groundnut (plural groundnuts)

1. A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
2. Any similar plant having underground tubers.
3. The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.
4. A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut or Bambara groundnut.

Translations

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See also

• earthnut
• tree nut