underground
French, noun/œ̃.dɛʁ.ɡʁawnd/
underground is spelled U-N-D-E-R-G-R-O-U-N-D (11 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,380th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Underground is a French masculine noun meaning “the underground (people who resist artistic convention)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Milieu clandestin”.
What does underground mean in English?
adjective
- 1
underground (outside the mainstream)
noun
- 1
masculinethe underground (people who resist artistic convention)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Milieu clandestin. 2. Mouvement qui résiste aux conventions artistiques.
adjective: 1. Clandestin. 2. Qui ne suit pas le mouvement général.
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.
How do you pronounce underground?
- /œ̃.dɛʁ.ɡʁawnd/
- \œn.dœʁ.ɡʁawnd\
- \œn.dɛʁ.ɡʁawnd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to underground
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is underground in French?
underground appears 2.0 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).