underworld

See also: Underworld

English

Etymology

under- +‎ world

Noun

underworld (plural underworlds)

(religion or mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.
(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

Arabic: سِجِّين‎ (sijjīn)
Bulgarian: подземно царство (podzemno carstvo)
Chinese:
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) (meikai)
Khmer: នរក (km) (nɔrŭək)
Latin: orcus (la) m, infera n pl
Macedonian: по́дземје n (pódzemje), по́дземен свет m (pódzemen svet)
Maori: kengo, rarohenga, pō (mi)
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”)
Slovak: podsvetie n
Spanish: inframundo m, más allá (es) m
Swedish: dödsrike (sv) n
Thai: ยมโลก (th)
Welsh: annwfn m, annwn m

part of society engaged in crime or vice

Bulgarian: престъпен свят (prestǎpen svjat)
Catalan: submón (ca) m
Chinese:
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 (あんこくがい, ankokugai), 下層 (ja) (かそう, kasō)
Khmer: ក្រុមមនុស្សប្រព្រឹត្តិបទឧក្រិដ្ឋ (krom mɔnuh prɑprɨt bɑt okkrǝt)
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: podzemlje (sh) n
Slovak: podsvetie n
Spanish: inframundo m, submundo m, hampa (es) f
Swedish: undre värld
Welsh: 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)