underworld

See also: Underworld

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ world.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underworld (plural underworlds)

1. (religion or mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
2. That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.
3. (video games) The portion of a game that is set below ground.

   Antonym: overworld

   • 2016, Alyse Knorr, Super Mario Bros. 3: Boss Fight Books #13:

     In the underworld theme, low notes create a darker feeling that matches the cave setting. This song also creates a sense of continuity across early Mario games, since it's a remix of SMB1's original underworld theme.

Synonyms

• (world of the dead): netherworld, Hades, hell

Translations

world of the dead

• Afrikaans: onderwêreld, doderyk
• Arabic: سِجِّين m (sijjīn), عَالَم سُفْلِيّ m (ʕālam sufliyy)
• Belarusian: падзе́мны свет m (padzjémny svjet)
• Bulgarian: подзе́мно ца́рство n (podzémno cárstvo), подзе́мен свят m (podzémen svjat)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 陰間／阴间 (jam¹ gaan¹)

  Mandarin: 地獄／地狱 (zh) (dìyù), 地府 (zh) (dìfǔ), 陰間／阴间 (zh) (yīnjiān), 黃泉／黄泉 (zh) (huángquán), 冥界 (zh) (míngjiè), 冥府 (zh) (míngfǔ)

• Classical Nahuatl: mictlān
• Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
• Danish: underverden c
• Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f, schimmenrijk (nl) n, dodenrijk (nl) n
• Erzya: масторалкс (mastoralks)
• Esperanto: submondo
• Estonian: allmaailm, manala, toonela
• Faroese: undirheimur m, helheimur m, skuggaheimur m
• Finnish: manala (fi), tuonela (fi)
• French: au-delà (fr) m, autre monde (fr) m, Enfers (fr) m pl
• Georgian: მიწისქვეშეთი (mic̣iskvešeti), ქვესკნელი (kvesḳneli), ჯოჯოხეთი (ǯoǯoxeti)
• German: Unterwelt (de) f, Reich des Todes n, Schattenreich n
• Greek: άδης m (ádis), τάρταρα (el) n pl (tártara)
• Hebrew: שְׁאוֹל (he) m or f (sh'ol)
• Hungarian: alvilág (hu)
• Icelandic: undirheimar m pl
• Irish: an domhan thíos m
• Italian: inferi m pl, oltretomba (it), altro mondo (figuratively)
• Japanese: 黄泉 (ja) (よも, yomo, よみ, yomi, こうせん, kōsen), 地獄 (ja) (じごく, jigoku), 冥界 (ja) (めいかい, meikai)
• Khmer: នរក (km) (nɔrŭək)
• Korean: 명계(冥界) (ko) (myeonggye), 저승 (jeoseung), 저세상 (jeosesang)
• Latin: orcus (la) m, infera n pl
• Macedonian: по́дземје n (pódzemje), по́дземен свет m (pódzemen svet)
• Maori: kengo, rarohenga, pō (mi)
• Nahuatl: mictlan (nah)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: underverden m

• Polish: zaświaty (pl) pl
• Portuguese: submundo m, abismo (pt) m
• Romanian: lumea cealaltă (ro) f
• Russian: преиспо́дняя (ru) f (preispódnjaja), загро́бный мир m (zagróbnyj mir), потусторо́нний мир m (potustorónnij mir), тот свет (ru) m (tot svet, literally “that world”), подзе́мный мир m (podzémnyj mir), подзе́мное ца́рство n (podzémnoje cárstvo)
• Slovak: podsvetie n
• Spanish: inframundo m, más allá (es) m
• Swedish: dödsrike (sv) n
• Thai: ยมโลก (th) (yom-má-lôok)
• Ukrainian: підзе́мний світ m (pidzémnyj svit)
• Welsh: isfyd m, (Welsh mythology) Annwfn m, Annwn m

part of society engaged in crime or vice

• Afrikaans: onderwêreld
• Belarusian: злачы́нны свет m (zlačýnny svjet)
• Bulgarian: престъ́пен свят m (prestǎ́pen svjat)
• Catalan: submón (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黑社會／黑社会

  Mandarin: 黑社會／黑社会 (zh) (hēishèhuì)

• Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
• Danish: underverden c
• Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f, boevenwereld f, misdaadwereld f
• Esperanto: gangstera mondo
• Estonian: allilm
• Faroese: brotsmannaheimur m, brotsmannaverð f, undirheimur m
• Finnish: alamaailma (fi)
• French: pègre (fr) f
• Georgian: დამნაშავეთა სამყარო (damnašaveta samq̇aro), კრიმინალური სამყარო (ḳriminaluri samq̇aro)
• German: Unterwelt (de) f, Halbwelt (de) f, Verbrecherwelt f
• Greek: υπόκοσμος (el) m (ypókosmos)
• Hungarian: alvilág (hu)
• Icelandic: undirheimar m pl
• Italian: malavita (it) f
• Japanese: 暗黒街 (ja) (あんこくがい, ankokugai), 下層 (ja) (かそう, kasō)
• Khmer: ^{(please verify)} ក្រុមមនុស្សប្រព្រឹត្តិបទឧក្រិដ្ឋ (krom mɔnuh prɑprɨt bɑt okkrǝt)
• Korean: 암흑가(暗黑街) (amheukga)
• Macedonian: по́дземје n (pódzemje)
• Nahuatl: mictlan (nah)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: underverden m

• Polish: świat przestępczy m, półświatek (pl) m
• Portuguese: submundo m
• Romanian: lume interlopă f
• Russian: престу́пный мир m (prestúpnyj mir), дно (ru) n (dno)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по́дзе̄мље n

  Roman: pódzēmlje (sh) n

• Slovak: podsvetie n
• Spanish: inframundo m, submundo (es) m, hampa (es) f
• Swedish: undre värld
• Ukrainian: злочи́нний світ m (zločýnnyj svit)
• Welsh: byd lladron m, (rare) isfyd m
• Yiddish: אונטערוועלט f (untervelt), בלאַטע (blate)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} allilm (1)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} infierno (es) m (2)

See also

• Hades, Tartarus
• hell
• Hel, Niflheim, Niflhel
• Gehenna