souterrain
French, noun/su.tɛ.ʁɛ̃/
souterrain is spelled S-O-U-T-E-R-R-A-I-N (10 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Souterrain is a French masculine noun meaning “underground passage, tunnel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Passage pratiqué sous terre”.
What does souterrain mean in English?
adjective
- 1
underground
noun
- 1
masculineunderground passage, tunnel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est sous terre. 2. Qualifie des pratiques invisibles dont le résultat n’est perceptible qu’après un long processus. 3. Qualifie des pratiques cachées pour parvenir à ses fins. 4. Qualifie un pan de l’économie dont les activités légales se développent en dehors des règles juridiques et fiscales d’un pays et échappent ainsi à toute comptabilisation et taxation.
noun: 1. Passage pratiqué sous terre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of souterrain
- souterraine feminine
- souterrains masculine plural
- souterraines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce souterrain?
- /su.tɛ.ʁɛ̃/
- /su.te.ʁɛ̃/
- \su.tɛ.ʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to souterrain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is souterrain in French?
souterrain appears 4.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).