English-French translations for under

• sous
  Nous sommes sous tension, sous la pression du temps. We are under stress, under time pressure.
  Et tout ceci gît sous nos pieds. And all that is under our feet.
  Les Hutus étaient sous leur domination. The Hutus were under their control.
• dessous
  Plus de 50 % des États membres se trouvent en dessous de cette moyenne. 55% of Member States are under this average.
• en-dessous
• moins
  Cinq millions d'entre eux ont moins de 25 ans. Five million of them are under 25.
  J'ai parlé des transferts des joueurs de moins de 18 ans. I spoke about transfers under 18 years of age.
  Plus de 20 % des moins de 25 ans sont sans travail. Over 20% of under-25-year-olds are out of work.
• moins de
  Cinq millions d'entre eux ont moins de 25 ans. Five million of them are under 25.
  J'ai parlé des transferts des joueurs de moins de 18 ans. I spoke about transfers under 18 years of age.
  Plus de 20 % des moins de 25 ans sont sans travail. Over 20% of under-25-year-olds are out of work.

Definition of under

• In or at a lower level than
• As a subject of; subordinate to
• Less than
• In the face of; in response to (some attacking force
• As, in the character of
• In a way lower or less than
• In a way inferior to
• In an unconscious state
• Being lower; being beneath something
• Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated

Examples

• He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley
• to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation
• he writes books under the name John Smith
• It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.
• Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.

Related words

• understand
• understanding
• thunder
• thunderstruck
• underground
• understandable
• thunderbolt
• flounder
• underage