underground in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for underground in the English»French Dictionary

I.underground N [Brit ˈʌndəɡraʊnd, Am ˈəndərˌɡraʊnd]

1. underground Brit TRANSP:

underground

métro m

on the underground

dans le métro

on the underground attr network, station, train

de métro

on the underground map, staff, strike

du métro

2. underground (secret movement):

underground

mouvement m clandestin

3. underground:

underground ART, MUS, THEAT

underground m

II.underground ADJ [Brit ˈʌndəɡraʊnd, Am ˈəndərˌɡraʊnd]

1. underground (below ground):

underground tunnel, shelter

souterrain

2. underground (secret):

underground newspaper, movement, activity

clandestin

3. underground:

underground ART, MUS, THEAT art, film, movement

underground

underground inv artist

de l'underground

III.underground ADV [Brit ʌndəˈɡraʊnd, Am ˌəndərˈɡraʊnd]

1. underground (below ground):

underground lie, live, tunnel, work

sous terre

it is two metres underground

c'est à deux mètres sous terre

2. underground (secretly):

to go/stay underground

passer/rester dans la clandestinité

to drive sb underground

obliger qn à passer dans la clandestinité

Underground Railroad N Am HISTORY

Underground Railroad

réseau m clandestin d'aide aux esclaves fugitifs

Translations for underground in the French»English Dictionary

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underground ART, MUS

underground

souterrain (souterraine) ouvrage, explosion, câble

underground

souterrain

underground passage, tunnel

drain

(underground) drain

métropolitain (métropolitaine) réseau

underground Brit

métropolitain

underground Brit

métro

underground Brit

prendre le métro

to take the underground

métro

underground train Brit

j'ai raté le dernier métro

I've missed the last underground train

clandestin (clandestine) organisation, journal

underground attr

prendre le maquis fuyard:

to go underground

métro aérien

elevated section of the underground Brit

underground in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for underground in the English»French Dictionary

I.underground [ˈʌndəgraʊnd, Am -dɚ-] ADJ

1. underground (below earth surface):

underground

souterrain(e)

2. underground (clandestine):

underground

clandestin(e)

3. underground ART, MUS:

underground

underground inv

II.underground [ˈʌndəgraʊnd, Am -dɚ-] ADV

1. underground (beneath the ground):

underground

sous terre

2. underground (secretly):

underground

clandestinement

to go underground

entrer dans la clandestinité

III.underground [ˈʌndəgraʊnd, Am -dɚ-] N

1. underground no pl Brit (trains):

the Underground

le métro

by underground

en métro

2. underground (clandestine movement):

the underground

le mouvement clandestin

3. underground (alternative group):

underground

underground m

underground passage N

underground passage

passage m souterrain

underground station N

underground station

station f de métro

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

underground car park

parking souterrain

Translations for underground in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

souterrain(e)

underground

entrer dans la clandestinité

to go underground

métropolitain

underground railway

mouvement clandestin

underground movement

métro

underground (train system) Brit

métro souterrain/aérien

underground train system/elevated railway

métro urbain

urban underground system Brit

en métro

by underground Brit

métro

The Parisian métro is one of the oldest in Europe (since 1900). All the lines run from around 5.30 a.m. until about half past midnight. The newest underground line 14, Meteor, is featuring driverless trains and fully automatic systems from the arrival at the platform to the closing of the doors.

métro

underground station Brit

métro aérien

elevated section of the underground

underground Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

underground station Brit, Aus

station f de métro

to go underground

entrer dans la clandestinité

the Underground

le métro

by underground

en métro

the underground

le mouvement clandestin

underground car park

parking souterrain

The Parisian métro is one of the oldest in Europe (since 1900). All the lines run from around 5.30 a.m. until about half past midnight. The newest underground line 14, Meteor, is featuring driverless trains and fully automatic systems from the arrival at the platform to the closing of the doors.

métro

In principle, smoking is forbidden in France in all open places, e.g. underground stations, train stations and public buildings. Pubs are obliged to create a zone non-fumeur.

zone fumeur/non-fumeur

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

An underground video was released in 2006, although no single was then released.

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Its deepest point underground is 122 m where it passes through a hill.

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The galkatas is famous among the local underground groups.

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The river generally feeds with underground water in dry season.

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Often these devices are located in an underground vault.

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Early mines were underground, a practice which was in sharp decline by the 1920s and had ended completely in the watershed by 1991.

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The female spends most of her time underground, coming out only to mate with the male.

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It runs completely underground and contains a siding for a full train.

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The tower base consists of the underground floor and the first four floors above ground.

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New underground lines are expected to move another million people per day within the next five years.

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