sub-

See also: sub, sub., and ␚

English

Alternative forms

subs- (by-form)

Etymology

From the Latin sub, meaning under

Prefix

sub-

under, beneath
subterranean

submarine
subsidiary, secondary
subplot
almost, nearly
subhuman

suborbicular

Usage notes

In Latin, the following sound changes affected "sub-" and cause English borrowings from Latin which contain this prefix to have different forms. Words formed in English using the prefix "sub-" do not exhibit these sound changes. (Combination with 's' involved elision and the other changes involved assimilation.)

sub + c = suc- (hence succession, from Latin successio; but e.g. subculture formed in English from sub- + culture)
sub + c = sus- (susceptible)
sub + f = suf- (suffer, but subfield)
sub + g = sug- (suggestion, but subgroup)
sub + p = sup- (support, but subpage)
sub + r = sur- (surrogate, but subroutine)
sub + s = su- (suspect, but subset)
sub + sp = su- (suspire, but subspecies)
sub + c, p or t = sus- (susceptible, suspend, sustain, but subtitle)^[1]

Antonyms

super-

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_sub-'>English words prefixed with sub-</a>

Translations

under, beneath

Armenian: ենթա- (entʿa-), ստոր- (stor-)
Breton: is- (br)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 亞 (zh), 亚 (zh) (yà), 子 (zh) (zǐ)
Czech: sub-, pod-
Dutch: sub- (nl), onder-
Finnish: ala- (fi), ali- (fi)
French: sous- (fr), sub- (fr)
Galician: sub- (gl)
German: unter- (de), sub- (de)
Greek: υπο- (el) (ypo-)
Hungarian: szub-
Ido: sub-

Italian: sotto- (it), sub-
Japanese: 亜 (ja) (a)
Malay: sub-
Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⴷⵓ- m (Adu-), ⵜⴰⴷⵓ- f (Tadu-), ⵉⴷⵓ- m pl (Idu-), ⵜⵉⴷⵓ- (Tidu-)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: under-

Nynorsk: under-
Persian: زیر‎‎ (fa) (zir-)
Portuguese: sub- (pt), so-
Russian: под- (ru) (pod-), суб- (ru) (sub-)
Scottish Gaelic: fo-, frith-
Spanish: sub- (es)
Swedish: under- (sv)

subsidiary, secondary

Breton: eil-, bes- (br)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 副 (zh) (fù)
Dutch: deel-
Esperanto: sub-
Finnish: ala- (fi), ali- (fi)
Galician: sub- (gl)

Greek: υπο- (el) (ypo-), παρα- (el) (para-)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: under-

Nynorsk: under-
Persian: زیر‎‎ (fa) (zir-)
Portuguese: sub- (pt)
Spanish: sub- (es)

almost, nearly

Chinese:
Mandarin: 類 (zh), 类 (zh) (lèi), 近 (zh) (jìn)

Finnish: ala- (fi), ali- (fi)

References

↑ http://www.affixes.org/s/sub-.html

Anagrams

Bus., SBU, UBS, USB, bus, bus.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Prefix

sub-

sub-

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /syb/, /syp/

Prefix

sub-

sub-

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:French_words_prefixed_with_sub-'>French words prefixed with sub-</a>

Italian

Alternative forms

sud- (before a letter "d")
sum- (before a letter "m")

Prefix

sub-

sub- (all senses)

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Italian_words_prefixed_with_sub-'>Italian words prefixed with sub-</a>

Latin

Alternative forms

suc- (before c)
suf- (before f)
sug- (before g)
sup- (before p)
sur- (before r)
su- (before sp)

Prefix

sub-

sub-

Portuguese

Prefix

sub-

sub- (under, beneath)
sub- (subsidiary, secondary)

Synonyms

(under): so-

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sub/

Prefix

sub-

sub-

Spanish

Prefix

sub-

sub-

Synonyms

so-

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