different between underground vs subterrene
underground
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)
- (not comparable) Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
- Synonyms: subterranean, hypogean
- (figuratively) Hidden, furtive, secretive.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hidden, Thesaurus:covert
- (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)
- Below the ground.
- Synonym: below ground
- Secretly.
- Synonyms: clandestinely, in secret, on the quiet
Translations
Noun
underground (plural undergrounds)
- (geography) Regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines).
- (chiefly Britain) Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground.
- (with definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention.
- Synonym: resistance
- (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)
- 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
- underground (culture)
Declension
Compounds
- undergroundelokuva
- undergroundkirjallisuus
- undergroundkulttuuri
- undergroundsarjakuva
French
Etymology
From English underground.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /œ?.d??.??awnd/
Adjective
underground (invariable)
- underground (outside the mainstream)
Noun
underground m (uncountable)
- (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)
- the underground (people who resist artistic convention)
Spanish
Etymology
From English underground.
Noun
underground m (plural undergrounds)
- underground (movement)
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subterrene
English
Etymology
sub- +? terrene
Adjective
subterrene (comparative more subterrene, superlative most subterrene)
- underground, subterranean
Translations
Noun
subterrene (plural subterrenes)
- (rare) A machine for drilling or tunnelling underground.
- 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, chapter 1:
- With a deafening screech of metal upon rock—which surely must echo through all the recesses of the Mountain, and waken all its nightmare brood!—the subterrene smashed through the wall and came to rest beside them.
- 1972, American Nuclear Society, Nuclear News, volume 15, page 47:
- In the first field tests, a series of holes 2 inches in diameter and 12 feet deep were sunk with the rock-melting device, or subterrene.
- 2009, November, Mark Ellis as James Axler, Outlanders 051: Warlord of the Pit, ?ISBN:
- … “The beauty of the Subterrene is that, as it burrows through the rock hundreds of feet below the surface, it heats whatever stone it encounters into molten rock, or magma, which cools after the Subterrene has moved on. …
- 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, chapter 1:
Translations
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