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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌsʌbtəˈɹeɪniən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subterranean.wav
Etymology: From Latin subterrāneus + -an. Compare subterrane and subterraneous. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ters-}}, {{suffix|en|subterrāneus<lang:la>|an}} Latin subterrāneus + -an Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} subterranean (not comparable)
  1. Below ground, under the earth, underground. Tags: not-comparable Translations (below ground, under the earth — see also underground): ὑπόγειος (hupógeios) (Ancient Greek), χθόνιος (khthónios) (Ancient Greek), ընդերկրյա (ənderkrya) (Armenian), ստորգետնյա (storgetnya) (Armenian), падзе́мны (padzjémny) (Belarusian), подзе́мен (podzémen) (Bulgarian), subterrani (Catalan), 地底 (dìdǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 地下 (dìxià) (Chinese Mandarin), podzemní (Czech), underjordisk (Danish), onderaards (Dutch), maanalainen (Finnish), souterrain (French), მიწისქვეშა (mic̣iskveša) (Georgian), unterirdisch (German), υπόγειος (ypógeios) (Greek), תַּת קַרְקָעִי (tat-karka'í) [masculine] (Hebrew), föld alatti (Hungarian), maanalain (Ingrian), sotterraneo [masculine] (Italian), 地下の (chika no) (alt: ちかの) (Japanese), жерастылық (jerastylyq) (Kazakh), subterrāneus (Latin), подземен (podzemen) (Macedonian), underjordisk (Norwegian Bokmål), eorþen (Old English), podziemny (Polish), subterrâneo [masculine] (Portuguese), subteran (Romanian), подзе́мный (podzémnyj) (Russian), подземан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), podzeman [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), podzemný (Slovak), podzemen (Slovene), subterráneo (Spanish), underjordisk (Swedish), підзе́мний (pidzémnyj) (Ukrainian), tanddaearol (Welsh), אונטערערדיש (untererdish) (Yiddish)
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  2. (by extension) Secret, concealed. Tags: broadly, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-subterranean-en-adj-atP2zDYy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: subterraneous, subterrene, underground, hypogean, belowground, chthonian, chthonic, cuniculate, subterranean Hyponyms: buried Derived forms: subterranean clover Related terms: terranean, chthonic, deep, subaqueous

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Again the bearers took up the coffin, and cold and damp the subterranean air came from the opened vault. The tapers were lowered, and shed a ghastly light on the rows of piled coffins, and the moisture glittering on the walls.",
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          "word": "souterrain"
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          "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
          "word": "მიწისქვეშა"
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          "roman": "ypógeios",
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          "word": "υπόγειος"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
          "word": "subteran"
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          "roman": "podzémnyj",
          "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
          "word": "подзе́мный"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
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          "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
          "word": "podzemný"
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          "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
          "word": "podzemen"
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          "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
          "word": "subterráneo"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
          "word": "underjordisk"
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          "roman": "pidzémnyj",
          "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
          "word": "підзе́мний"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
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          "word": "tanddaearol"
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          "code": "yi",
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          "word": "אונטערערדיש"
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      "ipa": "/ˌsʌbtəˈɹeɪniən/"
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Old English translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations"
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      "word": "chthonic"
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          "text": "Again the bearers took up the coffin, and cold and damp the subterranean air came from the opened vault. The tapers were lowered, and shed a ghastly light on the rows of piled coffins, and the moisture glittering on the walls.",
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          "ref": "1975, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “The Boho Dance”, in The Hissing of Summer Lawns:",
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          "ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 52:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "The best way to neutralise its [nuclear waste's] threat is to move it into a subterranean vault, of the kind the UK plans to build later this century. Once interred, the waste will be left alone for tens of thousands of years, while its radioactivity cools.",
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      "ipa": "/ˌsʌbtəˈɹeɪniən/"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ənderkrya",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "ընդերկրյա"
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "storgetnya",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "ստորգետնյա"
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      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "падзе́мны"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podzémen",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "подзе́мен"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "subterrani"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dìdǐ",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "地底"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dìxià",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "地下"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "podzemní"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "underjordisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "onderaards"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "maanalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "souterrain"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mic̣iskveša",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "მიწისქვეშა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "unterirdisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypógeios",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "υπόγειος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hupógeios",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "ὑπόγειος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khthónios",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "χθόνιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tat-karka'í",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "תַּת קַרְקָעִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "föld alatti"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "maanalain"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sotterraneo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちかの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chika no",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "地下の"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jerastylyq",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "жерастылық"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "subterrāneus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "podzemen",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "подземен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "underjordisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "eorþen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "podziemny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subterrâneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "subteran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podzémnyj",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "подзе́мный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "подземан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "podzeman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "podzemný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "podzemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "subterráneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "underjordisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidzémnyj",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "підзе́мний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "tanddaearol"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "untererdish",
      "sense": "below ground, under the earth — see also underground",
      "word": "אונטערערדיש"
    }
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  "word": "subterranean"
}

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