suborder

English edit

Etymology edit

sub- +‎ order

Noun edit

suborder (plural suborders)

(taxonomy) A taxonomic category below order and above infraorder.
Synonym: subordo
(business) A secondary or subsidiary order (purchase request).
Synonym of subordering

Descendants edit

→ Dutch: suborde

Translations edit

taxonomic category

Asturian: suborde m
Catalan: subordre m
Dutch: onderorde (nl) f, suborde f
Finnish: alalahko
Galician: suborde (gl) f
Hebrew: תת־סדרה f (tát-sidrá)
Irish: fo-ord m
Italian: sottordine (it) m
Malay:
Jawi: سوبئوردر (ms)

Rumi: suborder (ms)
Manx: fo-oardagh m
Polish: podrząd (pl) m
Portuguese: subordem (pt) f
Spanish: suborden (es) m
Swedish: underordning (sv) c
Tagalog: kubsunday

Verb edit

suborder (third-person singular simple present suborders, present participle subordering, simple past and past participle subordered)

(transitive) To arrange in a secondary order.
The customers were sorted by name and then subordered by number of purchases.

Anagrams edit

Brodeurs, bordures, bourders