underbar

underbar

English

Etymology

    From under- + bar.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

    underbar (plural underbars)

    1. A bar placed under a symbol.
      is the letter A with an underbar.
    2. Synonym of underscore.

    Verb

    underbar (third-person singular simple present underbars, present participle underbarring, simple past and past participle underbarred)

    1. (transitive) To place a bar under (a symbol).

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    Swedish

    Etymology

    Calque of German wunderbar, equivalent to under +‎ -bar. Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål underbar, Dutch wonderbaar, German wunderbar and Low German wunnerbor.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɵndɛrˌbɑːr/
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    Adjective

    underbar

    1. wonderful, marvelous

    Inflection

    Inflection of underbar
    Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
    common singular underbar underbarare underbarast
    neuter singular underbart underbarare underbarast
    plural underbara underbarare underbarast
    masculine plural2 underbare underbarare underbarast
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 underbare underbarare underbaraste
    all underbara underbarare underbaraste

    1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    2 Dated or archaic.
    3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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