# subordinate
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English subordinat, from Medieval Latin subōrdinātus, past participle of subōrdināre, from sub- + ōrdināre (“to order”).

### Pronunciation
#### Adjective and Noun

* (UK) enPR: sə-bôʹdĭn-ət, IPA: /səˈbɔːdɪnət/
* (US) enPR: sə-bôrʹdĭn-ət, IPA: /səˈbɔɹdɪnət/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /səˈboːdɪnət/

#### Verb

* (UK) enPR: sə-bôʹdĭn-āt, IPA: /səˈbɔːdɪneɪt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) enPR: sə-bôrʹdĭn-āt, IPA: /səˈbɔɹdɪneɪt/
* (General Australian) IPA: /səˈboːdɪnæɪt/

### Adjective

subordinate (comparative more subordinate, superlative most subordinate)
* Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
    Synonyms: lesser, subaltern
    Antonyms: superior, superordinate
** 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC:The several kinds […] and subordinate species of each are easily known.
* Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
    Antonym: insubordinate
** November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God
    It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding.
* (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
    Synonym: dependent
    Antonyms: independent, main
    In the sentence “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”.
* Descending in a regular series.

#### Derived terms

* subordinate clause
* subordinate court
* subordinate legislation
* subordinate trait

#### Translations
### Noun

subordinate (plural subordinates)
* (countable) One who is subordinate.
    Synonyms: inferior, junior, report, subaltern, underling, understrapper
    Antonyms: boss, commander, leader, manager, superior, superordinate, supervisor
* A hyponym.
    Antonyms: hypernym, hyperonym, superordinate

#### Translations
### Verb

subordinate (third-person singular simple present subordinates, present participle subordinating, simple past and past participle subordinated)
* (transitive) To make subservient or secondary.
** (transitive, grammar) To embed (a clause) into another clause that is the main one.
    Hypernym: complementize
    Coordinate term: coordinate
** (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
* (transitive) To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
    Synonyms: belittle, denigrate

#### Translations
### See also

* inferior

### Anagrams

* turbinadoes

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

subordinate
* feminine plural of subordinato

#### Participle

subordinate f pl
* feminine plural of subordinato

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

subordinate
* inflection of subordinare:
** second-person plural present indicative
** second-person plural imperative

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /su.boːr.diˈnaː.te/, [s̠ʊboːrd̪ɪˈnäːt̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /su.bor.diˈna.te/, [subord̪iˈnäːt̪e]

### Verb

subōrdināte
* second-person plural present active imperative of subōrdinō

## Spanish
### Verb

subordinate
* second-person singular voseo imperative of subordinar combined with te