underbar

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English

Etymology

From under- +‎ bar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underbar (plural underbars)

  1. A bar placed under a symbol.
    is the letter A with an underbar.

Verb

underbar (third-person singular simple present underbars, present participle underbarring, simple past and past participle underbarred)

  1. (transitive) To place a bar under (a symbol).

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Swedish

Etymology

Calque of German wunderbar, equivalent to under +‎ -bar. Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål underbar, Dutch wonderbaar, German wunderbar and Low German wunnerbor.

Pronunciation

Adjective

underbar

  1. wonderful, marvelous

Inflection

Inflection of underbar
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular underbar underbarare underbarast
neuter singular underbart underbarare underbarast
plural underbara underbarare underbarast
masculine plural2 underbare underbarare underbarast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 underbare underbarare underbaraste
all underbara underbarare underbaraste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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