understudy

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• General-American: /ˈʌndɚstʌdi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʌndəstʌdi/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH1 N D ER0 S T AH2 D IY0 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- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- Proto-Italic *studēō Latin studeō Latin studiumbor. Old French estudie Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -er Old French estudierbor. Middle English studien English study English understudy From under- + study.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: փոխարինող (pʻoxarinoġ) — performer who understudies
• Armenian: կրկնորդիչ (krknordičʻ) — performer who understudies
• Bulgarian: дубльор (dubljor) — performer who understudies
• Finnish: varanäyttelijä — performer who understudies
• French: doublure — performer who understudies
• German: Einspringer — performer who understudies
• German: Zweitbesetzung — performer who understudies
• Irish: aisteoir ionaid — performer who understudies
• Italian: doppio — performer who understudies
• Macedonian: дублер (dubler) — performer who understudies
• Māori: piki — performer who understudies
• Portuguese: substituto — performer who understudies
• Portuguese: substituta — performer who understudies
• Romanian: dublură — performer who understudies
• Russian: дублёр (dubljór) — performer who understudies
• Spanish: suplente — performer who understudies
• French: doubler — to study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required
• Romanian: dubla — to study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required
• Russian: вы́учить роль (výučitʹ rolʹ) — to study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required
• Armenian: փոխարինել (pʻoxarinel) — to act as an understudy
• Armenian: կրկնորդել (krknordel) — to act as an understudy
• Bulgarian: дублирам (dubliram) — to act as an understudy
• Hungarian: beugrik (helyette) — to act as an understudy
• Hungarian: helyettesít — to act as an understudy
• Italian: sostituire — to act as an understudy
• Romanian: înlocui — to act as an understudy
• Romanian: substitui — to act as an understudy
• Russian: дубли́ровать (dublírovatʹ) — to act as an understudy
• Russian: заменя́ть (zamenjátʹ) — to act as an understudy
• Russian: замеща́ть (zameščátʹ) — to act as an understudy
• Spanish: suplantar — to act as an understudy