underbar

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Indo-European *h₂én

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi

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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-

Vulgar Latin *barra

Old French barrebor.

Middle English barre

English bar

English underbar

From under- + bar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underbar (plural underbars)

1. A bar placed under a symbol.

   $\underset{\_}{A}$ is the letter A with an underbar.

2. Synonym of underscore.

Verb

underbar (third-person singular simple present underbars, present participle underbarring, simple past and past participle underbarred)

1. (transitive) To place a bar under (a symbol).

Anagrams

• errabund, unbarred

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of German wunderbar, equivalent to under +‎ -bar. Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål underbar, Dutch wonderbaar, German wunderbar and Low German wunnerbor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɵndɛrˌbɑːr/

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Adjective

underbar

1. wonderful, marvelous

Inflection

Inflection of underbar

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	underbar	underbarare	underbarast
neuter singular	underbart	underbarare	underbarast
plural	underbara	underbarare	underbarast
masculine plural2	underbare	underbarare	underbarast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	underbare	underbarare	underbaraste
all	underbara	underbarare	underbaraste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Anagrams

• beundrar