underscore

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ score.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌskɔː(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"Vn.d@(r)%skO:(r)/

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Noun

underscore (plural underscores)

1. An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
2. (music) A piece of background music.

Translations

an underline

• Czech: podtržítko (cs) n
• Finnish: alaviiva (fi)
• French: tiret bas (fr) m, souligné (fr) m, blanc souligné (fr) m, sous-tiret (fr) m
• German: Unterstreichung f (line); Unterstrich m (character), (character) Grundstrich (de)
• Greek: υπογράμμιση (el) f (ypográmmisi)
• Irish: fostríoc (ga) f

• Polish: podkreślenie (pl) n (line), podkreślnik (pl) m (character)
• Portuguese: underline (pt) m, sublinha (pt) m
• Russian: подчёркивание (ru) (podčórkivanije) n 
• Spanish: guion bajo (es)
• Swedish: understreck (sv) n
• Turkish: alt çizgi (tr)

background music

• Finnish: taustakappale (fi)

• Swedish: bakgrundsmusik (sv) c

Verb

underscore (third-person singular simple present underscores, present participle underscoring, simple past and past participle underscored)

1. To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
2. To emphasize or draw attention to.

   I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.

Translations

to underline

• Czech: podtrhnout (cs)
• Finnish: alleviivata (fi)
• French: souligner (fr)
• German: unterstreichen (de)
• Greek: υπογραμμίζω (el) (ypogrammízo)
• Irish: fostríoc (ga)

• Italian: sottolineare (it)
• Portuguese: sublinhar (pt)
• Russian: подчёркивать (ru) (podčórkivat')  impf., подчеркнуть (ru) (podčerknút')  pf.
• Spanish: subrayar (es)
• Swedish: stryka under (sv)

to emphasize

• Finnish: alleviivata (fi)
• French: souligner (fr)
• German: unterstreichen (de)
• Greek: υπογραμμίζω (el) (ypogrammízo)

• Russian: подчёркивать (ru) (podčórkivat')  impf., подчеркнуть (ru) (podčerknút')  pf.
• Spanish: subrayar (es)
• Swedish: understryka (sv), betona (sv)

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• French: souligner

See also

• underbar

Typography

ampersand ( & ) asterisk ( * ) and asterism ( ⁂ ) at sign ( @ ) backslash ( \ )

bullet ( •) dagger ( † ‡ ) degrees ( ° ) number sign ( # )

prime ( ′ ) tilde ( ~ ) underscore ( _ ) vertical bar/pipe ( | )