subdirectory
noun
subdirectory is a noun meaning “A directory located inside another directory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-U-B-D-I-R-E-C-T-O-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of subdirectory is subdirectories.
What does subdirectory mean?
noun
- 1
A directory located inside another directory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce subdirectory?
- UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-subdirectory.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of subdirectory
- subdirectories plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is subdirectory?
Subdirectory appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate subdirectory?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of subdirectory: subdir.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Subdirectory in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense directory located inside another directory:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sous-répertoire |
| German | Unterverzeichnis |
| Portuguese | subdiretório, subpasta |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does subdirectory come from?
From sub- + directory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).