subcommittee

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ committee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌb.kəˌmɪti/

Noun

subcommittee (plural subcommittees)

1. A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
   • 2003, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Bad Day”, in In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003:

     Have you ever seen the televised St. Vitus subcommittee prize

Translations

committee within a committee

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小組委員會／小组委员会 (zh) (xiǎozǔ wěiyuánhuì)

• Czech: podvýbor (cs) m
• Dutch: ondercommissie f
• Faroese: undirnevnd f
• Finnish: alakomitea
• French: sous-comité (fr) m
• German: Unterausschuss (de) m
• Hungarian: albizottság (hu)
• Irish: fochoiste m
• Italian: sottocomitato (it)
• Manx: fo-ving f
• Mongolian: дэд хороо (ded xoroo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: underkomité m, underkomite m

  Nynorsk: underkomité m, underkomite m

• Russian: подкомите́т (ru) m (podkomitét)
• Scottish Gaelic: fo-chomataidh f
• Spanish: subcomité m
• Vietnamese: tiểu ban (vi), phân ban (vi)