inferior

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• ĭnfîrēər
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ɪnˈfɪːɹɪjə/
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• General-American: /ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ/
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• New-Zealand: /ɪnˈfiə.ɹi.ə/
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• Scotland: /ɪnˈfi.ɾe.əɾ/
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• /ɪnˈfɛːɹi.ə/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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• rhymes with -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N F IH1 R IY0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of īnferus (“below, underneath”).

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: ҡайтыш (qaytış) — of lower quality
• Bashkir: кәм (kəm) — of lower quality
• Bhojpuri: नीच (nīc) — of lower quality
• Bulgarian: нискокачествен (niskokačestven) — of lower quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 低劣 (dīliè) — of lower quality
• Czech: podřadný — of lower quality
• Dutch: inferieur — of lower quality
• Dutch: minderwaardig — of lower quality
• Finnish: huonompi — of lower quality
• Finnish: huono — of lower quality
• Finnish: kehno — of lower quality
• Galician: inferior — of lower quality
• Georgian: დაბალხარისხოვანი (dabalxarisxovani) — of lower quality
• Georgian: დაბალხარისხიანი (dabalxarisxiani) — of lower quality
• Hindi: नीच (nīc) — of lower quality
• Hindi: अधोमानक (adhomānak) — of lower quality
• Italian: inferiore — of lower quality
• Japanese: 劣る (otoru) — of lower quality
• Latin: secundārius — of lower quality
• Polish: podrzędny — of lower quality
• Polish: pośledni — of lower quality
• Portuguese: inferior — of lower quality
• Romanian: inferior — of lower quality
• Russian: ху́дший (xúdšij) — of lower quality
• Sanskrit: अनार्य (anārya) — of lower quality
• Spanish: inferior — of lower quality
• Swedish: undermålig — of lower quality
• Turkish: aşağı derecede olan — of lower quality
• Turkish: uyuz — of lower quality
• Ottoman Turkish: آشاغی (aşağı) — of lower quality
• Ukrainian: гірший (hiršyj) — of lower quality
• Amharic: የበታች (yäbätač) — of lower rank
• Bulgarian: по-нисш (po-nisš) — of lower rank
• Bulgarian: подчинен (podčinen) — of lower rank
• Chinese Mandarin: 低賤 /低贱 (dījiàn) — of lower rank
• Czech: méněcenný — of lower rank
• Danish: underordnet — of lower rank
• Dutch: inferieur — of lower rank
• Dutch: ondergeschikt — of lower rank
• Esperanto: malsupra — of lower rank
• Finnish: alempiarvoinen — of lower rank
• Finnish: alempi — of lower rank
• French: inférieur — of lower rank
• Galician: inferior — of lower rank
• Georgian: დაქვემდებარებული (dakvemdebarebuli) — of lower rank
• Georgian: დამორჩილებული (damorčilebuli) — of lower rank
• German: untergeordnet — of lower rank
• German: nachgeordnet — of lower rank
• German: unterlegen — of lower rank
• Greek: κατώτερος (katóteros) — of lower rank
• Italian: inferiore — of lower rank
• Japanese: 賎しい (iyashii) — of lower rank
• Japanese: 下級の (kakyū no) — of lower rank
• Japanese: 下賎な (gesen na) — of lower rank
• Norwegian Bokmål: mindreverdig — of lower rank
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mindreverdig — of lower rank
• Romanian: inferior — of lower rank
• Russian: нижестоя́щий (nižestojáščij) — of lower rank
• Russian: подчинённый (podčinjónnyj) — of lower rank
• Russian: мла́дший (mládšij) — of lower rank
• Russian: ни́зший (nízšij) — of lower rank
• Spanish: inferior — of lower rank
• Spanish: malmatado — of lower rank
• Swedish: underordnad — of lower rank
• Ottoman Turkish: آشاغی (aşağı) — of lower rank
• Ukrainian: підлеглий (pidlehlyj) — of lower rank
• Walloon: dizotrin — of lower rank
• Armenian: ստորին (storin) — located below
• Bulgarian: долен (dolen) — located below
• Dutch: lager — located below
• Finnish: alempi — located below
• Finnish: alhaisempi — located below
• French: inférieur — located below
• Galician: inferior — located below
• Georgian: ქვედა (kveda) — located below
• German: tiefer — located below
• Greek: κάτω (káto) — located below
• Italian: inferiore — located below
• Romanian: inferior — located below
• Russian: ни́жний (nížnij) — located below
• Spanish: inferior — located below
• Ottoman Turkish: آشاغی (aşağı) — located below
• Ukrainian: нижній (nyžnij) — located below
• Walloon: dizotrin — located below
• Bulgarian: подчинен (podčinen) — person of lower status
• Chinese Mandarin: 下屬 /下属 (xiàshǔ) — person of lower status
• Czech: podřízený — person of lower status
• Danish: underordnet — person of lower status
• Dutch: ondergeschikte — person of lower status
• Dutch: mindere — person of lower status
• Finnish: alempiarvoinen — person of lower status
• French: inférieur — person of lower status
• Galician: inferior — person of lower status
• Galician: subordinado — person of lower status
• Greek: υφιστάμενος (yfistámenos) — person of lower status
• Italian: inferiore — person of lower status
• Italian: di basso rango — person of lower status
• Japanese: 賎 (shizu) — person of lower status
• Japanese: 下っ端 (shitappa) — person of lower status
• Japanese: 目下 (meshita) — person of lower status
• Russian: подчинённый (podčinjónnyj) — person of lower status
• Spanish: inferior — person of lower status
• Ukrainian: підле́глий (pidléhlyj) — person of lower status
• Ukrainian: підле́гла (pidléhla) — person of lower status
• Welsh: adlaw — person of lower status