underside

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí

Proto-Indo-European *-ér

Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér

Proto-Germanic *under

Proto-West Germanic *undar

Old English under-

Middle English under-

English under-

Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ

Old English sīde

Middle English side

English side

English underside

From under- + side.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndəˌsaɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndɚˌsaɪd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

underside (plural undersides)

1. The side that is below or underneath, the bottom.
   • 1944 May and June, “Notes and News: Tank Engine Stability”, in Railway Magazine, page 185:

     A correspondent suggested that the superior riding qualities of the latter were due to the absence of piston-valve chests above the cylinders, which made it possible to bring the underside of the water-tanks to a lower level than that of the "Rivers", so minimising the unsteadying effect of water surging in the tanks.

   • 1963 March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, in Modern Railways, page 173:

     [...] and the neat reading lamps on the underside of the luggage racks, under passenger control, are an attractive feature of the first class compartments.

   • 2016 January 23, Michael Emons, “Crystal Palace 1–3 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The Eagles then hit the woodwork twice in a matter of seconds as Scott Dann headed Jason Puncheon's free-kick against the underside of the bar, before substitute Mile Jedinak also hit the crossbar with a shot on the turn.

Antonyms

• overside

Translations

side that is underneath

• Bulgarian: долна страна f (dolna strana)
• Chickasaw: nota'
• Danish: underside (da) c
• Esperanto: fundo (eo)
• Finnish: alapuoli (fi)
• German: Unterseite (de) f
• Ingrian: alapooli
• Khalaj: alt, asra, ast
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: underside m or f

  Nynorsk: underside f

• Swedish: undersida (sv) c

Anagrams

• undesired

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From under- +‎ side.

Noun

underside f or m (definite singular undersida or undersiden, indefinite plural undersider, definite plural undersidene)

1. underside

Antonyms

• overside

References

• “underside” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From under- +‎ side.

Noun

underside f (definite singular undersida, indefinite plural undersider, definite plural undersidene)

1. underside

Antonyms

• overside

References

• “underside” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.