underworld

See also: Underworld

English

Etymology

under- +‎ world

Noun

underworld (plural underworlds)

(religion or mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.
(video games) The portion of a game that is set below ground.
Antonym: overworld
- 2016, Alyse Knorr, Super Mario Bros. 3: Boss Fight Books #13:
  In the underworld theme, low notes create a darker feeling that matches the cave setting. This song also creates a sense of continuity across early Mario games, since it's a remix of SMB1's original underworld theme.

Synonyms

(world of the dead): netherworld, Hades, hell

Translations

world of the dead

Arabic: سِجِّين m (sijjīn), عَالَم سُفْلِيّ m (ʕālam sufliyy)
Belarusian: падзе́мны свет m (padzjémny svjet)
Bulgarian: подзе́мно ца́рство n (podzémno cárstvo), подзе́мен свят m (podzémen svjat)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 陰間／阴间 (jam¹ gaan¹)

Mandarin: 地獄／地狱 (zh) (dìyù), 地府 (zh) (dìfǔ), 陰間／阴间 (zh) (yīnjiān), 黃泉／黄泉 (zh) (huángquán), 冥界 (zh) (míngjiè), 冥府 (zh) (míngfǔ)
Classical Nahuatl: mictlān
Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
Danish: underverden c
Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f, schimmenrijk (nl) n, dodenrijk (nl) n
Erzya: масторалкс (mastoralks)
Esperanto: submondo
Estonian: allmaailm, manala, toonela
Faroese: undirheimur m, helheimur m, skuggaheimur m
Finnish: manala (fi), tuonela (fi)
French: au-delà (fr) m, autre monde (fr) m, Enfers (fr) m pl
Georgian: მიწისქვეშეთი (mic̣iskvešeti), ქვესკნელი (kvesḳneli), ჯოჯოხეთი (ǯoǯoxeti)
German: Unterwelt (de) f, Reich des Todes n, Schattenreich n
Greek: άδης m (ádis), τάρταρα (el) n pl (tártara)
Hebrew: שְׁאוֹל (he) m or f (sh'ol)
Hungarian: alvilág (hu)
Icelandic: undirheimar m pl
Irish: an domhan thíos m
Italian: inferi m pl, oltretomba (it), altro mondo (figuratively)
Japanese: 黄泉 (ja) (よも, yomo, よみ, yomi, こうせん, kōsen), 地獄 (ja) (じごく, jigoku), 冥界 (ja) (めいかい, meikai)
Khmer: នរក (km) (nɔrŭək)
Korean: 명계(冥界) (ko) (myeonggye), 저승 (jeoseung), 저세상 (jeosesang)
Latin: orcus (la) m, infera n pl
Macedonian: по́дземје n (pódzemje), по́дземен свет m (pódzemen svet)
Maori: kengo, rarohenga, pō (mi)
Nahuatl: mictlan (nah)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: underverden m
Polish: zaświaty (pl) pl
Portuguese: submundo m, abismo (pt) m
Romanian: lumea cealaltă (ro) f
Russian: преиспо́дняя (ru) f (preispódnjaja), загро́бный мир m (zagróbnyj mir), потусторо́нний мир m (potustorónnij mir), тот свет (ru) m (tot svet, literally “that world”), подзе́мный мир m (podzémnyj mir), подзе́мное ца́рство n (podzémnoje cárstvo)
Slovak: podsvetie n
Spanish: inframundo m, más allá (es) m
Swedish: dödsrike (sv) n
Thai: ยมโลก (th) (yom-má-lôok)
Ukrainian: підзе́мний світ m (pidzémnyj svit)
Welsh: isfyd m, (Welsh mythology) Annwfn m, Annwn m

part of society engaged in crime or vice

Belarusian: злачы́нны свет m (zlačýnny svjet)
Bulgarian: престъ́пен свят m (prestǎ́pen svjat)
Catalan: submón (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黑社會／黑社会

Mandarin: 黑社會／黑社会 (zh) (hēishèhuì)
Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
Danish: underverden c
Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f, boevenwereld f, misdaadwereld f
Esperanto: gangstera mondo
Estonian: allilm
Faroese: brotsmannaheimur m, brotsmannaverð f, undirheimur m
Finnish: alamaailma (fi)
French: pègre (fr) f
Georgian: დამნაშავეთა სამყარო (damnašaveta samq̇aro), კრიმინალური სამყარო (ḳriminaluri samq̇aro)
German: Unterwelt (de) f, Halbwelt (de) f, Verbrecherwelt f
Greek: υπόκοσμος (el) m (ypókosmos)
Hungarian: alvilág (hu)
Icelandic: undirheimar m pl
Italian: malavita (it) f
Japanese: 暗黒街 (ja) (あんこくがい, ankokugai), 下層 (ja) (かそう, kasō)
Khmer: ^{(please verify)} ក្រុមមនុស្សប្រព្រឹត្តិបទឧក្រិដ្ឋ (krom mɔnuh prɑprɨt bɑt okkrǝt)
Korean: 암흑가(暗黑街) (amheukga)
Macedonian: по́дземје n (pódzemje)
Nahuatl: mictlan (nah)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: underverden m
Polish: świat przestępczy m, półświatek (pl) m
Portuguese: submundo m
Romanian: lume interlopă f
Russian: престу́пный мир m (prestúpnyj mir), дно (ru) n (dno)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по́дзе̄мље n

Roman: pódzēmlje (sh) n
Slovak: podsvetie n
Spanish: inframundo m, submundo m, hampa (es) f
Swedish: undre värld
Ukrainian: злочи́нний світ m (zločýnnyj svit)
Welsh: byd lladron m, (rare) isfyd m
Yiddish: אונטערוועלט f (untervelt), בלאַטע (blate)

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

Estonian: ^{(please verify)} allilm (1)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} infierno (es) m (2)