subterrane

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

/ ˈsʌb təˌreɪn, ˌsʌb təˈreɪn /

noun

a cave or subterranean room.

Nearby words

subtend, subtenure, subterfuge, subterminal, subternatural, subterrane, 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