subterranean

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from Latin subterraneus.

Adjective

subterranean (comparative more subterranean, superlative most subterranean)

1. below ground, under the earth, underground
   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 52:

     This is a story of north-south connection, and it begins with the fact that late in 1863 the Great Northern Railway completed a subterranean connection from its terminus at King's Cross to the tracks of the Metropolitan enabling the Great Northern to run through to the Met's easterly terminus at Farringdon Street.

Synonyms

• subterraneous, subterrene, underground, hypogean

Related terms

• terranean

Translations

below ground, under the earth, underground

• Belarusian: падзе́мны (padzjémny)
• Bulgarian: подзе́мен (bg) (podzémen)
• Catalan: subterrani (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地底 (zh) (dìdǐ), 地下 (zh) (dìxià)

• Czech: podzemní (cs)
• Dutch: onderaards (nl)
• Finnish: maanalainen (fi)
• French: souterrain (fr)
• German: unterirdisch (de)
• Greek: υπόγειος (el) (ypógeios)

  Ancient: ὑπόγειος (hupógeios), χθόνιος (khthónios)

• Hungarian: föld alatti
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• Italian: sotterraneo (it) m
• Japanese: 地下の (ja) (ちかの, chika no)
• Kazakh: жерасты (jerasty)
• Latin: subterrāneus
• Old English: eorþen
• Polish: podziemny (pl)
• Portuguese: subterrâneo (pt) m
• Russian: подзе́мный (ru) (podzémnyj)
• Slovak: podzemný
• Spanish: subterráneo (es)
• Ukrainian: підзе́мний (pidzémnyj)
• Yiddish: אונטערערדיש (untererdish)