subdirectory

English

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Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-der.

English sub-

English directory

English subdirectory

From sub- + directory.

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Noun

subdirectory (plural subdirectories)

1. (computing) A directory located inside another directory.

   Synonym: subfolder

Hypernyms

• directory

Translations

directory located inside another directory

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子目錄 / 子目录 (zh) (zǐmùlù)

• Czech: podadresář m
• Finnish: alihakemisto (fi)
• French: sous-répertoire (fr) m
• German: Unterverzeichnis (de) n
• Greek: υποφάκελος m (ypofákelos)
• Hebrew: תיקיית משנה f (tikiyát mishné)
• Icelandic: undirmappa f
• Irish: fochomhadlann f, fofhillteán m
• Japanese: サブディレクトリ (sabudirekutori), サブフォルダ (sabuforuda)
• Portuguese: subdiretório m, subpasta f
• Russian: подкатало́г (ru) m (podkatalóg), поддиректо́рия (ru) (poddirektórija), подпа́пка (ru) f (podpápka)
• Turkish: altdizin, altklasör

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English subdirectory. By surface analysis, sub- +‎ directory.

Noun

subdirectory m (invariable)

1. (computing) subdirectory