sub-zero

See also: subzero

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-der.

English sub-

English zero

English sub-zero

From sub- + zero.

Adjective

sub-zero (not comparable)

1. (of a temperature) below 0°C; freezing cold
   • 2021 February 24, “Network News: NR takes pride in track teams as effects of Storm Darcy repelled...”, in RAIL, number 925, page 13:

     Several days of sub-zero temperatures caused icicles up to 1.5 metres long to form in tunnels across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria.

2. (US, of a temperature) below 0°F (−18°C)

Translations

(of a temperature) below 0°C

• Arabic: تَحْتَ الصِّفْر (taḥta ṣ-ṣifr)
• Belarusian: ніжэ́й нуля́ (nižéj nuljá), мінусавы́ (minusavý)
• Bulgarian: отрица́телен (bg) (otricátelen), под ну́лата (pod núlata)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 零下 (zh) (língxià)

• Czech: pod nulou
• French: au-dessous de zéro
• German: unter Null
• Ido: sub zero
• Italian: sotto zero
• Japanese: 氷点下 (ja) (ひょうてんか, hyōtenka), 零下 (ja) (れいか, reika)
• Korean: 영하(零下) (ko) (yeongha), 령하(零下) (ko) (ryeongha) (North Korea)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: minusgrader m pl

• Polish: poniżej zera
• Russian: ни́же нуля́ (níže nuljá), минусово́й (ru) (minusovój)
• Slovak: pod nulou
• Spanish: bajo cero
• Ukrainian: ни́жче нуля́ (nýžče nuljá), мінусо́вий (minusóvyj)

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