nether

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

1. Lower; under.
2. Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

Adv

1. Down; downward.
2. Low; low down.

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.

Noun

1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
2. A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

Concetti

inferiore

sotterraneo

sinonimi

under

lower

inferior

down

low

chthonian

subaltern

chthonic

downwards

adown

below

downbound

beneath

down below

downstairs

infra

junior

subjacent

underlying

to the bottom

Traduzioni

inférieur

inferior

κάτω

bas

bajo

alt

κατώτερος

cehennem

unter

inferior

subterrâneo

de abajo

souterrain

baix

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/nɛð.ə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: nether

Ereditato da inglese antico: niþera

Affine olandese: neder

Affine tedesco: nieder

Affine lussemburghese: nidder

Affine danese: -

Affine norvegese: -

Affine svedese: ned

Affine svedese: nedre

Affine faroese: -

Affine islandese: niður

Ereditato da inglese medio: nitheren

Ereditato da inglese antico: niþerian

In summary

From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (“lower, under, lowest”, adjective), from niþer, niþor (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, down”). Cognates include Dutch neder, German nieder, Luxembourgish nidder, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ned, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish nedre (“lower”), Faroese and Icelandic niður.