noun
Meaning 1
The side that is below or underneath, the bottom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
underside
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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UK: /ˈʌndəˌsaɪd/
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US: /ˈʌndɚˌsaɪd/
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CMU ARPABET: AH1 N D ER0 S AY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
the lower side of anything
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bottom, undersurface
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: side, face
Narrower terms: base, bilge, heel, sole, underbelly
History
Etymology
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- Proto-Indo-European *seh1-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English underside From under- + side.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: долна страна (dolna strana) — side that is underneath
- Chickasaw: nota' — side that is underneath
- Danish: underside — side that is underneath
- Esperanto: fundo — side that is underneath
- Finnish: alapuoli — side that is underneath
- German: Unterseite — side that is underneath
- Ingrian: alapooli — side that is underneath
- Khalaj: alt — side that is underneath
- Khalaj: asra — side that is underneath
- Khalaj: ast — side that is underneath
- Norwegian Bokmål: underside — side that is underneath
- Norwegian Nynorsk: underside — side that is underneath
- Swedish: undersida — side that is underneath
Real reading context