substratum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin substratum, nominalisation of the neuter of Latin substrātus, perfect passive participle of substernō.

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Noun

substratum (plural substrata)

A layer that lies underneath another.
Synonym: underlayer
(figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something.
(linguistics) A substrate.

Related terms

substratal

Translations

a layer that lies underneath another

Belarusian: субстра́т m (substrát)
Bulgarian: субстра́т m (substrát)
Catalan: substrat (ca) m
Dutch: laag (nl) (1), onderliggende reden (2), substraat (nl) (3)
Finnish: aluskerros
Georgian: სუბსტრატი (subsṭraṭi)
Greek: υπόστρωμα (el) (ypóstroma)
Ancient Greek: ὑπόστρωμα (hupóstrōma)
Irish: bunsraith f, foshraith f, fostratam m
Italian: substrato (it) m, sostrato m
Mari:
Eastern Mari: аварок (avarok)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: substrat (no) n

Nynorsk: substrat n
Polish: podłoże (pl)
Portuguese: substrato (pt) m
Romanian: substrat (ro) n
Russian: субстра́т (ru) m (substrát)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: су̀пстра̄т

Roman: sùpstrāt (sh) m
Ukrainian: субстра́т (uk) m (substrát)

French

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Noun

substratum m (plural substratums)

stratum

Further reading

“substratum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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