underground

œ̃dɛʁɡʁɑ̃d

Definition

Definition of underground - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

clandestinsecret et caché, qui agit en dehors des circuits officiels

Cette organisation underground opère dans l'ombre depuis des années.

clandestin

secret

contre-culturealternatif et marginal, qui s'oppose aux tendances dominantes

Ce groupe underground refuse de suivre les modes musicales actuelles.

alternatif

marginal

Noun, masculine

art alternatifmouvement artistique qui rejette les conventions établies

Cette galerie expose les œuvres de l'underground musical parisien.

contre-culture

clandestinmilieu secret qui agit en marge des autorités officielles

Il a rejoint l'underground pour échapper aux contrôles gouvernementaux.

clandestinité

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cinéma underground

cinéma indépendant avec petits budgets qui traite de sujets non conventionnels

Le festival présente du cinéma underground de jeunes réalisateurs expérimentaux.

Origin of underground

anglais, under (sous) + ground (sol)

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rock alternatif

musique

genre de musique rock underground né dans les années 1980

Examples of underground in a sentence

Des soirées underground sont organisées dans des lieux secrets.
Elle préfère les films underground aux blockbusters.
La mode underground attire surtout les jeunes créateurs.
L'underground berlinois attire de nombreux artistes marginaux.
Le roman explore la naissance de l'underground littéraire en France.
L'underground organise des concerts secrets en ville.

Elle a découvert l'underground artistique lors de son séjour à Berlin.

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English:underground, underground movement, ...
German:untergrund, Underground, ...
Italian:clandestino, movimento underground, ...
Spanish:clandestino, movimiento alternativo, ...
Portuguese:clandestino, movimento underground, ...
Chinese:地下的, 地下艺术, ...
Japanese:アンダーグラウンドな, アンダーグラウンド, ...
Arabic:سري, الفن البديل, ...
Hebrew:מַחְתַּרְתִּי, תְּנוּעַת אֻמָּנוּת אַלְטֶרְנָטִיבִית, ...
Russian:подпольный, андерграунд, ...
Ukrainian:підпільний, андерґраунд, ...
Catalan:clandestí, moviment underground, ...
Danish:undergrunds-, undergrund, ...
Dutch:ondergronds, alternatieve stroming, ...
Greek:υπόγειος, υπόγειο καλλιτεχνικό κίνημα, ...
Hungarian:underground, alternatív művészet, ...
Khmer:សម្ងាត់, អាន់ឌឺក្រោន, ...
Korean:언더그라운드의, 언더그라운드, ...
Polish:podziemny, underground, ...
Portuguese (BR):clandestino, movimento alternativo, ...
Romanian:subteran, mișcare underground, ...
Swedish:underground, motkultur, ...
Thai:ที่ลับ, ศิลปะทางเลือก, ...
Turkish:yeraltı, underground, ...
Vietnamese:ngầm, trào lưu underground, ...

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