subterrane

[suhb-tuh-reyn, suhb-tuh-reyn]

noun

a cave or subterranean room.

Nearby words

subtend,
subtenure,
subterfuge,
subterminal,
subternatural,
subterranean,
subterrene,
subterrestrial,
subtext,
subthalamic nucleus

Also sub·ter·rain, sub·ter·rene

[suhb-tuh-reen, suhb-tuh-reen] /ˈsʌb təˌrin, ˌsʌb təˈrin/.

Origin of subterrane

1605–15, in sense “subterranean”; 1765–75 for current sense; < Latin subterrāneus subterranean, equivalent to sub- sub- + terr(a) earth + -āneus composite adj. suffix, equivalent to -ān(us) -an + -eus -eous