underground

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊnd/
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• Northumbria: /ˌʊn.dɐˈɡɹʊnd/
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• General-American: /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/
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• rhymes with -aʊnd
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• Received-Pronunciation, especially: /ˈʌn.də.ɡɹaʊnd/ for the
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• General-American, especially: /ˈʌn.dəɹ.ɡɹaʊnd/ for the
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From Middle English undergrounde (adverb), equivalent to under + ground or under- + ground. Compare Dutch ondergrond, ondergronds, German Untergrund, Danish undergrunds.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

176 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ընդերկրյա (ənderkrya) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Armenian: ստորգետնյա (storgetnya) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Belarusian: падзе́мны (padzjémny) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Bulgarian: подзе́мен (podzémen) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Catalan: subterrani — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Chinese Mandarin: 地下 (dìxià) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Czech: podzemní — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Dutch: ondergronds — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Esperanto: subtera — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Finnish: maanalainen — below the ground — see also subterranean
• French: souterrain — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Georgian: მიწისქვეშა (mic̣iskveša) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• German: unterirdisch — below the ground — see also subterranean
• German: Untegrund- — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Greek: υπόγειος (ypógeios) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Ancient Greek: ὑπόγειος (hupógeios) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Ancient Greek: ὑπόνομος (hupónomos) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Ancient Greek: χθόνιος (khthónios) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Hindi: भूमिगत (bhūmigat) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Hindi: अंतर्भौम (antarbhaum) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Hindi: ज़मींदोज़ (zamīndoz) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Hindi: भूगर्भस्थ (bhūgarbhasth) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Hindi: भूगर्भिक (bhūgarbhik) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Hungarian: föld alatti — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Icelandic: neðanjarðar — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Ido: subtera — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Ingrian: maanalain — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Italian: sotterraneo — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Japanese: 地下 (chika) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Korean: 땅속 (ttangsok) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Korean: 땅굴 (ttanggul) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Korean: 땅밑 (ttangmit) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Korean: 땅아래 (ttang'arae) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Korean: 지하 (jiha) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Latin: subterrāneus — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Macedonian: подземен (podzemen) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Malay: bawah tanah — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Malay: banah — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Māori: rarowhenua — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Norwegian Bokmål: underjordisk — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Polish: podziemny — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Portuguese: subterrâneo — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Romanian: subteran — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Russian: подзе́мный (podzémnyj) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Serbo-Croatian: подземан — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Serbo-Croatian: podzeman — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Slovak: podzemný — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Slovene: podzemen — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Spanish: subterráneo — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Spanish: soterraño — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Spanish: soterráneo (disused) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Spanish: soterrano — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Swedish: underjordisk — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Ukrainian: підзе́мний (pidzémnyj) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Unami: hakink — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Welsh: tanddaearol — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Yiddish: אונטערגרונט (untergrunt) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Yiddish: אונטערערדיש (untererdish) — below the ground — see also subterranean
• Bulgarian: та́ен (táen) — hidden, furtive
• Bulgarian: подмо́лен (podmólen) — hidden, furtive
• Catalan: clandestí — hidden, furtive
• Catalan: secret — hidden, furtive
• Chinese Mandarin: 地下的 (dìxià de) — hidden, furtive
• Chinese Mandarin: 秘密的 (mìmì de) — hidden, furtive
• Chinese Mandarin: 暗中的 (ànzhōng de) — hidden, furtive
• Dutch: ondergronds — hidden, furtive
• Finnish: maanalainen — hidden, furtive
• French: souterrain — hidden, furtive
• French: clandestin — hidden, furtive
• Georgian: იატაკქვეშა (iaṭaḳkveša) — hidden, furtive
• Georgian: საიდუმლო (saidumlo) — hidden, furtive
• Georgian: ფარული (paruli) — hidden, furtive
• German: heimlich — hidden, furtive
• German: geheim — hidden, furtive
• German: Untergrund- — hidden, furtive
• Greek: υπόγειος (ypógeios) — hidden, furtive
• Greek: μυστικός (mystikós) — hidden, furtive
• Greek: λαθραίος (lathraíos) — hidden, furtive
• Hebrew: מַחְתַּרְתִּי (maẖtartí) — hidden, furtive
• Hungarian: földalatti — hidden, furtive
• Hungarian: illegális — hidden, furtive
• Hungarian: rejtett — hidden, furtive
• Hungarian: titkos — hidden, furtive
• Italian: clandestino — hidden, furtive
• Japanese: 秘密の (himitsu no) — hidden, furtive
• Japanese: 不法の (fuhō no) — hidden, furtive
• Japanese: アングラ (angura) — hidden, furtive
• Macedonian: потаен (potaen) — hidden, furtive
• Polish: podziemny — hidden, furtive
• Portuguese: clandestino — hidden, furtive
• Portuguese: secreto — hidden, furtive
• Russian: подпо́льный (podpólʹnyj) — hidden, furtive
• Serbo-Croatian: прикрѝвен — hidden, furtive
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏та̄јан — hidden, furtive
• Serbo-Croatian: prikrìven — hidden, furtive
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍtājan — hidden, furtive
• Yiddish: אונטערערדיש (untererdish) — hidden, furtive
• Bulgarian: ъндърграунд (ǎndǎrgraund) — outside the mainstream
• Chinese Mandarin: 非主流 (fēi zhǔliú) — outside the mainstream
• Dutch: underground — outside the mainstream
• Finnish: underground — outside the mainstream
• French: underground — outside the mainstream
• French: alternatif — outside the mainstream
• German: Untegrund- — outside the mainstream
• Greek: υπόγειος (ypógeios) — outside the mainstream
• Greek: περιθωριακός (perithoriakós) — outside the mainstream
• Hungarian: alternatív — outside the mainstream
• Japanese: アングラ (angura) — outside the mainstream
• Polish: undergroundowy — outside the mainstream
• Portuguese: underground — outside the mainstream
• Portuguese: alternativo — outside the mainstream
• Russian: андергра́унд (andɛrgráund) — outside the mainstream
• Russian: андегра́унд (andɛgráund) — outside the mainstream
• Serbo-Croatian: подземан — outside the mainstream
• Serbo-Croatian: podzeman — outside the mainstream
• Turkish: yer altı — outside the mainstream
• Turkish: underground — outside the mainstream
• Ukrainian: андергра́ундовий (anderhráundovyj) — outside the mainstream
• Ukrainian: андегра́ундовий (andehráundovyj) — outside the mainstream
• Bulgarian: под земята (pod zemjata) — below the ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 地下 (dìxià) — below the ground
• Finnish: maan alla — below the ground
• French: sous terre — below the ground
• French: sous la terre — below the ground
• Galician: baixo terra — below the ground
• German: unter der Erde — below the ground
• German: unterirdisch — below the ground
• Greek: υπόγεια (ypógeia) — below the ground
• Icelandic: neðanjarðar — below the ground
• Italian: sottoterra — below the ground
• Navajo: łeeyiʼ — below the ground
• Portuguese: debaixo da terra — below the ground
• Portuguese: debaixo do solo — below the ground
• Russian: под землёй (pod zemljój) — below the ground
• Czech: podzemí — regions beneath the surface of the earth
• Hindi: भूगर्भ (bhūgarbh) — regions beneath the surface of the earth
• Hindi: अंतर्भूमि (antarbhūmi) — regions beneath the surface of the earth
• Hindi: भूमिगत (bhūmigat) — regions beneath the surface of the earth
• Portuguese: subsolo — regions beneath the surface of the earth
• Portuguese: subterrâneo — regions beneath the surface of the earth
• Armenian: ընդհատակ (əndhatak) — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Bulgarian: нелегална организация (nelegalna organizacija) — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Finnish: vastarintaliike — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• French: résistance — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• French: mouvement clandestin — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• French: organisation clandestine — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Georgian: იატაკქვეშა ორგანიზაცია (iaṭaḳkveša organizacia) — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• German: Untergrundorganisation — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Hebrew: מַחְתֶּרֶת (maẖtéret) — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Irish: gluaiseacht faoi choim — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Italian: resistenza — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Italian: movimento clandestino — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Italian: organizzazione clandestina — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Macedonian: по́дземје (pódzemje) — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Polish: podziemie — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Polish: ruch oporu — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Portuguese: resistência — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Romanian: mișcare clandestină — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Romanian: organizație clandestină — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Russian: подпо́лье (podpólʹje) — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Spanish: movimiento clandestino — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Spanish: organización clandestina — movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
• Bulgarian: ъндърграунд (ǎndǎrgraund) — movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
• French: underground — movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
• French: mouvement d'avant-garde — movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
• German: Underground — movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
• Italian: underground — movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
• Macedonian: а́ндерграунд (ándergraund) — movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
• Polish: podziemie — movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
• Portuguese: submundo — movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
• Russian: андергра́унд (andɛrgráund) — movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
• Russian: андегра́унд (andɛgráund) — movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
• Ukrainian: андергра́унд (anderhráund) — movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
• Ukrainian: андегра́унд (andehráund) — movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
• Bulgarian: прокарвам под земята (prokarvam pod zemjata) — to route electricity distribution cables underground
• Greek: υπογειώνω (ypogeióno) — to route electricity distribution cables underground