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• General-American: /ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʌndəˌlaɪn/
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• /ˌʌndɚˈlaɪn/ General American, alternative pronunciation of the verb
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• /ˌʌndəˈlaɪn/ Received Pronunciation, alternative pronunciation of the verb
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• rhymes with -aɪn (for alternative pronunciation of the verb)
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• CMU ARPABET: AH1 N D ER0 L AY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English line English underline From under- + line.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: подчертаване (podčertavane) — line underneath text
• Catalan: subratllat — line underneath text
• Czech: podtržení — line underneath text
• Czech: podtrhnutí — line underneath text
• Finnish: alleviivaus — line underneath text
• French: soulignement — line underneath text
• Galician: subliñado — line underneath text
• German: Unterstreichung — line underneath text
• Greek: υπογράμμιση (ypográmmisi) — line underneath text
• Hungarian: aláhúzás — line underneath text
• Indonesian: garis bawah — line underneath text
• Japanese: 下線 (kasen) — line underneath text
• Korean: 밑줄 (mitjul) — line underneath text
• Māori: tāraro — line underneath text
• Polish: podkreślenie — line underneath text
• Portuguese: sublinha — line underneath text
• Russian: подчёркивание (podčórkivanije) — line underneath text
• Sanskrit: अधोरेखा (adhorekhā) — line underneath text
• Swedish: understrykning — line underneath text
• Tagalog: salungguhit — line underneath text
• Chinese Mandarin: 下劃線 /下划线 (xiàhuáxiàn) — an _ character
• Czech: podtržítko — an _ character
• Finnish: alaviiva — an _ character
• Galician: subliñado — an _ character
• German: Unterstrich — an _ character
• Hungarian: aláhúzásjel — an _ character
• Indonesian: garis bawah — an _ character
• Māori: tāraro — an _ character
• Polish: podkreślenie — an _ character
• Polish: podkreślnik — an _ character
• Portuguese: underline — an _ character
• Russian: подчёркивание (podčórkivanije) — an _ character
• Swedish: understreck — an _ character
• Armenian: ընդգծել (əndgcel) — to draw an underline
• Asturian: sorrayar — to draw an underline
• Bulgarian: подчертавам (podčertavam) — to draw an underline
• Catalan: subratllar — to draw an underline
• Catalan: sotalinear — to draw an underline
• Cornish: islinya — to draw an underline
• Czech: podtrhnout — to draw an underline
• Danish: understrege — to draw an underline
• Dutch: onderlijnen — to draw an underline
• Dutch: onderstrepen — to draw an underline
• Esperanto: substreki — to draw an underline
• Finnish: alleviivata — to draw an underline
• French: souligner — to draw an underline
• Galician: subliñar — to draw an underline
• German: unterstreichen — to draw an underline
• Greek: υπογραμμίζω (ypogrammízo) — to draw an underline
• Hungarian: aláhúz — to draw an underline
• Indonesian: menggarisbawahi — to draw an underline
• Italian: sottolineare — to draw an underline
• Luxembourgish: ënnersträichen — to draw an underline
• Māori: tāraro — to draw an underline
• Polish: podkreślać — to draw an underline
• Polish: podkreślić — to draw an underline
• Portuguese: sublinhar — to draw an underline
• Russian: подчёркивать (podčórkivatʹ) — to draw an underline
• Russian: подчеркну́ть (podčerknútʹ) — to draw an underline
• Sicilian: suttaliniari — to draw an underline
• Spanish: subrayar — to draw an underline
• Swedish: stryka under — to draw an underline
• Swedish: understryka — to draw an underline
• Tagalog: salungguhitan — to draw an underline
• Turkish: altını çizmek — to draw an underline
• Ukrainian: підкре́слювати (pidkrésljuvaty) — to draw an underline
• Ukrainian: підкре́слити (pidkréslyty) — to draw an underline
• Yiddish: אונטערשטרײַכן (untershtraykhn) — to draw an underline
• Armenian: ընդգծել (əndgcel) — to emphasise or stress something
• Bulgarian: наблягам (nabljagam) — to emphasise or stress something
• Catalan: subratllar — to emphasise or stress something
• Catalan: sotalinear — to emphasise or stress something
• Cornish: islinya — to emphasise or stress something
• Danish: understrege — to emphasise or stress something
• Dutch: onderlijnen — to emphasise or stress something
• Dutch: onderstrepen — to emphasise or stress something
• Dutch: benadrukken — to emphasise or stress something
• Finnish: alleviivata — to emphasise or stress something
• French: souligner — to emphasise or stress something
• French: attirer l’attention — to emphasise or stress something
• Galician: subliñar — to emphasise or stress something
• German: unterstreichen — to emphasise or stress something
• Hungarian: hangsúlyoz — to emphasise or stress something
• Hungarian: nyomatékosít — to emphasise or stress something
• Italian: sottolineare — to emphasise or stress something
• Kazakh: баса айту (basa aitu) — to emphasise or stress something
• Kazakh: баса көрсету (basa körsetu) — to emphasise or stress something
• Luxembourgish: ënnersträichen — to emphasise or stress something
• Polish: podkreślać — to emphasise or stress something
• Polish: podkreślić — to emphasise or stress something
• Portuguese: sublinhar — to emphasise or stress something
• Russian: подчёркивать (podčórkivatʹ) — to emphasise or stress something
• Russian: подчеркну́ть (podčerknútʹ) — to emphasise or stress something
• Spanish: subrayar — to emphasise or stress something
• Swedish: understryka — to emphasise or stress something
• Swedish: betona — to emphasise or stress something
• Turkish: altını çizmek — to emphasise or stress something
• Ukrainian: підкре́слювати (pidkrésljuvaty) — to emphasise or stress something
• Ukrainian: підкре́слити (pidkréslyty) — to emphasise or stress something
• Yiddish: אונטערשטרײַכן (untershtraykhn) — to emphasise or stress something