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underground:
- souterrain; en cachette; clandestin; secret; clandestinement
- maquis; Résistance; mouvement de résistance; métro
Wiktionary:
- underground → souterrain, clandestin, underground
- underground → résistance, mouvement clandestin, organisation clandestine, underground, mouvement d'avant-garde, métro, sous-sol, souterrain
- underground → métro, souterrain, sous-terrain

French to English: more detail...

underground:
- Wiktionary:
  underground → underground
  underground → underground

English

Detailed Translations for underground from English to French

underground:

underground adj

underground (subterranean)

– under the level of the ground ¹
souterrain; en cachette; clandestin; secret; clandestinement
- souterrain adj
- en cachette adj
- clandestin adj
- secret adj
- clandestinement adj

underground [the ~] noun

the underground (Resistance; illegality)

– a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force ¹
le maquis; la Résistance; le mouvement de résistance
- maquis [le ~] noun
- Résistance [la ~] noun
- mouvement de résistance [le ~] noun
the underground (subway; tube; metro; subway system)

– an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) ¹
le métro
- métro [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for underground:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Résistance	Resistance; illegality; underground
clandestin		person in hiding
maquis	Resistance; illegality; underground	resistance
mouvement de résistance	Resistance; illegality; underground
métro	metro; subway; subway system; tube; underground	underground railway
secret		concealment; confidentiality; mysteriousness; mystery; privacy; secrecy; secret; secretiveness; stealth
-	metro; resistance; subway; subway system; tube
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	belowground; clandestine; cloak-and-dagger; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; secret; surreptitious; undercover
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
clandestin	subterranean; underground	bad; behind one's back; behind someone's back; clandestine; concealed; covert; covertly; disguised; falsely; foul; furtive; illegal; illegitimate; illicit; in disguise; in secret; indecent; jarring; low; malicious; mean; nasty; offensive; on the quiet; on the sly; quietly; ribald; scurvy; secret; secretive; secretly; silently; sneakily; sneaking; sneaky; softly; stealthily; stealthy; surreptitiously; underhand; undisclosed; unnoticed; unobserved; unperceived; unseen; veiled; vicious; vile
clandestinement	subterranean; underground	bad; behind one's back; behind someone's back; clandestine; concealed; covert; disguised; falsely; foul; furtive; illegal; illegitimate; illicit; in disguise; indecent; jarring; low; malicious; mean; nasty; offensive; on the sly; privately; ribald; scurvy; secret; secretive; secretly; sneakily; sneaking; sneaky; stealthily; stealthy; underhand; undisclosed; unseen; veiled; vicious; vile
en cachette	subterranean; underground	bad; behind one's back; behind someone's back; clandestine; concealed; covert; disguised; falsely; foul; in disguise; indecent; jarring; low; malicious; mean; nasty; offensive; on the sly; privately; ribald; scurvy; secret; secretive; secretly; sneakily; sneaky; stealthily; stealthy; underhand; undisclosed; unseen; veiled; vicious; vile
secret	subterranean; underground	behind someone's back; clandestine; concealed; covert; covertly; cryptic; disguised; enigmatic; furtive; hidden; in disguise; in secret; malicious; mean; mysterious; nasty; not saying much; on the quiet; on the sly; quietly; reserved; secret; secretive; secretly; silently; sneakily; sneaking; sneaky; softly; stealthily; stealthy; surreptitiously; taciturn; tight-lipped; underhand; undisclosed; unobserved; unperceived; unseen; veiled
souterrain	subterranean; underground

Related Words for "underground":

undergrounds

Synonyms for "underground":

belowground; subsurface
clandestine; cloak-and-dagger; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; secret; surreptitious; undercover; covert
resistance; revolutionary group
metro; tube; subway system; subway; railway; railroad; railroad line; railway line; railway system

Related Definitions for "underground":

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods¹
- underground resistance¹
under the level of the ground¹
- underground caverns¹
beneath the surface of the earth¹
- water flowing underground¹
in or into hiding or secret operation¹
- the organization was driven underground¹
an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)¹
- in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'¹
a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force¹

Wiktionary Translations for underground:

underground

adjective

below the ground
- underground → souterrain
hidden, furtive
- underground → souterrain; clandestin
outside the mainstream
- underground → underground

noun

movement or organisation of people who resist political convention
- underground → résistance; mouvement clandestin; organisation clandestine
movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention
- underground → underground; mouvement d'avant-garde

underground

noun

ferro|fr chemin de fer métropolitain.
- métro → el; EL; metro; subway; underground; underground railway; tube
Partie d'un bâtiment
- sous-sol → underground; basement
passage pratiqué sous terre.
- souterrain → underground

adjective

Qui est sous terre.
- souterrain → underground; subterranean

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• underground	→ métro	↔ U-Bahn — (meist) unter der Erdoberfläche geführte Nahverkehrslinie, Eisenbahn
• underground	→ souterrain; sous-terrain	↔ unterirdisch — sich unter der Erde befindend

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