underscore

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ score.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌskɔː(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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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 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
• Greek: υπογράμμιση (el) f (ypográmmisi)
• Irish: fostríoc f
• Japanese: アンダーバー (andābā)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: ahungarua
• Polish: podkreślenie (pl) n (line), podkreślnik m (character)
• Portuguese: underline (pt) m, sublinha (pt) f
• Russian: подчёркивание (ru) n (podčórkivanije)
• Spanish: guion bajo
• Swedish: understreck (sv) n
• Turkish: alt çizgi

background music

• Finnish: taustakappale
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: bakgrundsmusik (sv) c

Verb

1. To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
   • 2011, Matt Aimonetti, MacRuby: The Definitive Guide: Ruby and Cocoa on OS X (page 14)

     By convention, Rubyists usually underscore their method names.

2. To emphasize or draw attention to.

   I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.

   • 1986, Richard Bauman, Story, Performance, and Event: Contextual Studies of Oral Narrative:

     The tale thus underscores in expressive form the semiparadoxical fact that traders can lie by telling the truth.

Translations

to underline

• Czech: podtrhnout (cs)
• Finnish: alleviivata (fi)
• French: souligner (fr)
• German: unterstreichen (de)
• Greek: υπογραμμίζω (el) (ypogrammízo)
• Irish: fostríoc
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• Italian: sottolineare (it)
• Portuguese: sublinhar (pt)
• Russian: подчёркивать (ru) impf (podčórkivatʹ), подчеркну́ть (ru) pf (podčerknútʹ)
• Spanish: subrayar (es)
• Swedish: stryka under

to emphasize

• Finnish: alleviivata (fi)
• French: souligner (fr)
• German: unterstreichen (de)
• Greek: υπογραμμίζω (el) (ypogrammízo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: подчёркивать (ru) impf (podčórkivatʹ), подчеркну́ть (ru) pf (podčerknútʹ)
• Spanish: subrayar (es)
• Swedish: understryka (sv), betona (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} souligner (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• underbar

Typography

• ampersand ( & )
• asterisk ( * ) and asterism ( ⁂ )
• at sign ( @ )
• backslash ( \ )
• bullet ( • )
• dagger ( † ‡ )
• degree symbol ( ° )
• number sign ( # )
• prime ( ′ )
• tilde ( ~ )
• underscore ( _ )
• vertical bar/pipe ( | )