noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsʌb.kəˌmɪti/
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CMU ARPABET:S AH1 B K AH0 M IH1 T IY0
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: committee, commission
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth2- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth2eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin committōbor. Middle English committen English commit English -ee English committee English subcommittee From sub- + committee.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
小組委員會 /小组委员会
(xiǎozǔ wěiyuánhuì)
— committee within a committee
Czech:
podvýbor
— committee within a committee
Danish:
underudvalg
— committee within a committee
Dutch:
ondercommissie
— committee within a committee
Faroese:
undirnevnd
— committee within a committee
Finnish:
alakomitea
— committee within a committee
French:
sous-comité
— committee within a committee
German:
Unterausschuss
— committee within a committee
Hungarian:
albizottság
— committee within a committee
Irish:
fochoiste
— committee within a committee
Italian:
sottocomitato
— committee within a committee
Manx:
fo-ving
— committee within a committee
Mongolian:
дэд хороо
(ded xoroo)
— committee within a committee
Norwegian Bokmål:
underkomité
— committee within a committee
Norwegian Bokmål:
underkomite
— committee within a committee
Norwegian Nynorsk:
underkomité
— committee within a committee
Norwegian Nynorsk:
underkomite
— committee within a committee
Polish:
podkomisja
— committee within a committee
Polish:
podkomitet
— committee within a committee
Russian:
подкомите́т
(podkomitét)
— committee within a committee
Scottish Gaelic:
fo-chomataidh
— committee within a committee
Spanish:
subcomité
— committee within a committee
Swedish:
underutskott
— committee within a committee
Swedish:
subkommitté
— committee within a committee
Tagalog:
kublupon
— committee within a committee
Vietnamese:
tiểu ban
— committee within a committee
Vietnamese:
phân ban
— committee within a committee