sotterranea

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sot.terˈra.ne.a/
  • Rhymes: -anea
  • Hyphenation: sot‧ter‧rà‧ne‧a

Etymology 1

Clipping of ferrovia sotterranea, from sotterraneo (“subterranean, underground”).

Noun

sotterranea f (plural sotterranee)

  1. (railroad) underground, tube, subway
    Synonym: metropolitana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

sotterranea

  1. feminine singular of sotterraneo

Further reading

  • sotterranea in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • sotterranea in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • sotterranea in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • sotterranea in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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