subterrane

English

Etymology

From Latin subterrāneus.[1]

Noun

subterrane (plural subterranes)

  1. A cave or underground room.
    • 1857, George W.M. Reynolds, Wagner, The Wehr-Wolf, London: John Dicks:
      While these awful scenes were being enacted in the subterranes of the holy inquisition …

References
  1. “subterrane, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

German

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

subterrane

  1. inflection of subterran:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.