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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈləʊ/
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• Northumbria: /bɪˈlaː/
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• General-American: /bɪˈloʊ/
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• India: /bɪˈloː(w)/
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• homophone: billow (without gemination)
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: B IH0 L OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: B IY0 L OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- + low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, aloȝ, alowe (“below”), benethen (“beneath”), Dutch omlaag (“downwards”).

214 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aklanon: ubos — in a lower place
• Armenian: ցած (cʻac) — in a lower place
• Bulgarian: отдолу (otdolu) — in a lower place
• Catalan: sota — in a lower place
• Cebuano: ubos — in a lower place
• Chichewa: pansi — in a lower place
• Dutch: beneden — in a lower place
• Esperanto: malsupre — in a lower place
• Estonian: allpool — in a lower place
• Finnish: alapuolella — in a lower place
• Finnish: alempana — in a lower place
• French: en bas — in a lower place
• German: unten — in a lower place
• German: darunter — in a lower place
• German: unterhalb — in a lower place
• Greek: κάτω (káto) — in a lower place
• Haitian Creole: anba — in a lower place
• Hindi: नीचे (nīce) — in a lower place
• Hungarian: lent — in a lower place
• Irish: laistíos — in a lower place
• Irish: thíos — in a lower place
• Italian: sotto — in a lower place
• Javanese: ngisor — in a lower place
• Latin: infrā — in a lower place
• Lombard: sott — in a lower place
• Mansaka: baba — in a lower place
• Marathi: खाली (khālī) — in a lower place
• Mauritian Creole: anba — in a lower place
• Portuguese: embaixo — in a lower place
• Portuguese: em baixo — in a lower place
• Punjabi: ਥੱਲੇ (thalle) — in a lower place
• Punjabi: ਹੇਠ (heṭh) — in a lower place
• Russian: внизу́ (vnizú) — in a lower place
• Russian: ни́же (níže) — in a lower place
• Slovak: nižšie — in a lower place
• Lower Sorbian: dołojce — in a lower place
• Spanish: abajo — in a lower place
• Swahili: chini — in a lower place
• Swedish: nedan — in a lower place
• Swedish: under — in a lower place
• Tumbuka: pasi — in a lower place
• Ottoman Turkish: آشاغی (aşağı) — in a lower place
• Urdu: نیچے (nīce) — in a lower place
• Welsh: isod — in a lower place
• Yiddish: אונטן (untn) — in a lower place
• Armenian: ցած (cʻac) — on a lower storey
• Bulgarian: отдолу (otdolu) — on a lower storey
• Estonian: allkorrusel — on a lower storey
• Finnish: alakerrassa — on a lower storey
• Finnish: alhaalla — on a lower storey
• French: en dessous — on a lower storey
• French: en bas — on a lower storey
• Greek: αποκάτω (apokáto) — on a lower storey
• Russian: ни́же (níže) — on a lower storey
• Slovak: nižšie — on a lower storey
• Swedish: inunder — on a lower storey
• Ottoman Turkish: آشاغی (aşağı) — on a lower storey
• Armenian: ցած (cʻac) — farther down
• Bulgarian: надолу (nadolu) — farther down
• Catalan: ensota — farther down
• Estonian: all — farther down
• Finnish: alempana — farther down
• French: ci-dessous — farther down
• Macedonian: подолу (podolu) — farther down
• Portuguese: abaixo — farther down
• Russian: ни́же (níže) — farther down
• Slovak: nižšie — farther down
• Swedish: nedanför — farther down
• Swedish: nedom — farther down
• Ottoman Turkish: آشاغی (aşağı) — farther down
• Finnish: alemmalla kannella — nautical: on a lower deck
• French: en bas — nautical: on a lower deck
• Swedish: under däck — nautical: on a lower deck
• Armenian: ցած (cʻac) — of a temperature: below zero
• Catalan: sota — of a temperature: below zero
• Finnish: pakkasta — of a temperature: below zero
• Greek: μείον (meíon) — of a temperature: below zero
• Italian: sotto zero — of a temperature: below zero
• Macedonian: под (pod) — of a temperature: below zero
• Russian: ни́же (níže) — of a temperature: below zero
• Russian: ми́нус (mínus) — of a temperature: below zero
• Spanish: bajo cero — of a temperature: below zero
• Swedish: minus — of a temperature: below zero
• Polish: poniżej — later in the same text
• Spanish: más abajo — later in the same text
• Spanish: más adelante — later in the same text
• Spanish: a continuación — later in the same text
• Albanian: nën — lower in spatial position than
• Arabic: تَحْتَ (taḥta) — lower in spatial position than
• Arabic: تحت (taḥt) — lower in spatial position than
• Armenian: տակ (tak) — lower in spatial position than
• Aromanian: dighios — lower in spatial position than
• Bakhtiari: زیر (zēr) — lower in spatial position than
• Bulgarian: под (pod) — lower in spatial position than
• Burmese: အောက် (auk) — lower in spatial position than
• Catalan: sota — lower in spatial position than
• Eastern Min Chinese: 系...下底 (gat...a le) — lower in spatial position than
• Chinese Mandarin: 在...下面 (zài...xiàmian) — lower in spatial position than
• Chinese Mandarin: 在...之下 (zài...zhīxià) — lower in spatial position than
• Czech: pod — lower in spatial position than
• Danish: under — lower in spatial position than
• Dutch: onder — lower in spatial position than
• Esperanto: sub — lower in spatial position than
• Estonian: allpool — lower in spatial position than
• Finnish: alla — lower in spatial position than
• Finnish: alle — lower in spatial position than
• Finnish: alapuolella — lower in spatial position than
• Finnish: alapuolelle — lower in spatial position than
• French: au-dessous de — lower in spatial position than
• French: sous — lower in spatial position than
• German: unter — lower in spatial position than
• Greek: κάτω (káto) — lower in spatial position than
• Hebrew: מתחת (mitakhat) — lower in spatial position than
• Hebrew: לְהַלָּן (l'halán) — lower in spatial position than
• Hungarian: alatt — lower in spatial position than
• Ido: sub — lower in spatial position than
• Irish: faoi — lower in spatial position than
• Irish: laistíos de — lower in spatial position than
• Italian: sotto — lower in spatial position than
• Japanese: ...の下に (... no shita ni) — lower in spatial position than
• Khalaj: asra — lower in spatial position than
• Khalaj: ast — lower in spatial position than
• Korean: ...밑에 (...mit-e) — lower in spatial position than
• Central Kurdish: بن (bin) — lower in spatial position than
• Central Kurdish: ژێر (jêr) — lower in spatial position than
• Central Kurdish: خوارەوە (xwarewe) — lower in spatial position than
• Latgalian: zam — lower in spatial position than
• Latin: subtus — lower in spatial position than
• Latin: infra — lower in spatial position than
• Latvian: zem — lower in spatial position than
• Macedonian: под (pod) — lower in spatial position than
• Malay: bawah — lower in spatial position than
• Marathi: -च्या खाली (-cyā khālī) — lower in spatial position than
• Polish: pod — lower in spatial position than
• Polish: poniżej — lower in spatial position than
• Portuguese: abaixo de — lower in spatial position than
• Romanian: sub — lower in spatial position than
• Romanian: dedesubt — lower in spatial position than
• Russian: под (pod) — lower in spatial position than
• Scots: aneath — lower in spatial position than
• Scottish Gaelic: fo — lower in spatial position than
• Serbo-Croatian: pod — lower in spatial position than
• Serbo-Croatian: ispod — lower in spatial position than
• Slovak: pod — lower in spatial position than
• Spanish: bajo — lower in spatial position than
• Spanish: so — lower in spatial position than
• Spanish: sota — lower in spatial position than
• Swedish: nedan — lower in spatial position than
• Swedish: under — lower in spatial position than
• Tibetan: འོག་ལ ('og la) — lower in spatial position than
• Tocharian B: ñor — lower in spatial position than
• Ukrainian: під (pid) — lower in spatial position than
• Uzbek: pastida — lower in spatial position than
• Arabic: أَقَل (ʔaqal) — lower in value than
• Arabic: أقل (ʔaʔal) — lower in value than
• Armenian: ցածր (cʻacr) — lower in value than
• Bulgarian: под (pod) — lower in value than
• Czech: pod — lower in value than
• Dutch: onder — lower in value than
• Esperanto: sub — lower in value than
• Esperanto: malpli ol — lower in value than
• Estonian: alla — lower in value than
• Finnish: alle — lower in value than
• Finnish: ala — lower in value than
• Finnish: alapuolella — lower in value than
• Finnish: halvempi — lower in value than
• Greek: κάτω (káto) — lower in value than
• Greek: υπό (ypó) — lower in value than
• Hebrew: מתחת (mitakhat) — lower in value than
• Hungarian: alatt — lower in value than
• Irish: níos lú — lower in value than
• Macedonian: под (pod) — lower in value than
• Portuguese: abaixo de — lower in value than
• Portuguese: menos de — lower in value than
• Portuguese: menos que — lower in value than
• Russian: ни́же (níže) — lower in value than
• Scots: aneath — lower in value than
• Scottish Gaelic: fo — lower in value than
• Slovak: pod — lower in value than
• Swedish: under — lower in value than
• Ukrainian: нижче (nyžče) — lower in value than
• Armenian: ներքեւ (nerkʻew) — downstream of
• Esperanto: flupost — downstream of
• Estonian: allavoolu — downstream of
• Finnish: alavirtaan — downstream of
• Macedonian: подолу (podolu) — downstream of
• Portuguese: a jusante de — downstream of
• Scots: aneath — downstream of
• Slovak: poniže — downstream of
• Swedish: nedströms — downstream of
• Arabic: جَنُوبِيّ (janūbiyy) — south of
• Arabic: جنوب (ganub) — south of
• Bulgarian: южно от (južno ot) — south of
• Esperanto: sude de — south of
• Estonian: lõunas — south of
• Faroese: sunnan fyri — south of
• Finnish: eteläpuolella — south of
• Finnish: alapuolella — south of
• Macedonian: јужно од (južno od) — south of
• Portuguese: a sul de — south of
• Russian: южне́е (južnéje) — south of
• Scots: aneath — south of
• Slovak: pod — south of
• Swedish: nedanför — south of
• Ukrainian: південніше (pivdenniše) — south of
• Armenian: ցածր (cʻacr) — unsuitable to the rank or dignity of
• Czech: pod — unsuitable to the rank or dignity of
• Esperanto: sub — unsuitable to the rank or dignity of
• Finnish: alapuolella — unsuitable to the rank or dignity of
• Portuguese: abaixo de — unsuitable to the rank or dignity of
• Russian: ни́же (níže) — unsuitable to the rank or dignity of
• Scots: aneath — unsuitable to the rank or dignity of
• Slovak: pod — unsuitable to the rank or dignity of
• Swedish: under — unsuitable to the rank or dignity of