underset

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To set under or beneath.
2. To prop or support.

Noun

undercurrent (of water)

Concepts

connotation

ressac

courant de fond

courant sous-marin

Synonymes

undertow

ocean undercurrent

Traductions

rerafons

Unterströmung

Unterton

connotazione

ondersteunen

fons

hons

corriente submarina

voz baja

donuk renk

alçak ses

gizli duygu

dip akıntısı

gizli etki

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: undersetten

Hérité de ancien anglais: undersettan

Appartenant à néerlandais: ondersetten

Appartenant à allemand: untersetzen

In summary

From Middle English undersetten, from Old English undersettan (“to put, place, or set under, put in the place of another, substitute, falsify, forge, counterfeit, place as a pledge, hypothecate, add, annex, subjoin, make subject, submit, set beneath, esteem less”), equivalent to under- + set. Cognate with Dutch ondersetten (“to put beneath”), German untersetzen (“to put beneath, pin”).