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enfers — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • netherworld noun The afterlife or underworld, especially imagined as a place of punishment.
  • underworld noun The organized criminal side of society, especially those involved in serious or large-scale crime.

Senses

enfers is used for these senses in English:

  • netherworld The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
  • underworld (religion, or, mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.

netherworld — full definition

  1. noun The afterlife or underworld, especially imagined as a place of punishment.
  2. noun A hidden or shadowy underground subculture, such as organized crime.

underworld — full definition

  1. noun The organized criminal side of society, especially those involved in serious or large-scale crime.
  2. noun In mythology, the world of the dead, imagined as existing beneath the world of the living.

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