noun
Meaning 1
A layer that lies underneath another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: underlayer
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
substratum
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/səbˈstrɑ.təm/
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noun
Meaning 2
The underlying cause or basis of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A substrate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: substrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indigenous language
noun
Meaning 5
any stratum or layer lying underneath another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: substrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stratum
noun
Meaning 6
a surface on which an organism grows or is attached
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the gardener talked about the proper substrate for acid-loving plants
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: substrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: surface
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin substrātum, nominalisation of the neuter of Latin substrātus, perfect passive participle of substernō. By surface analysis, sub- + stratum.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: субстра́т (substrát) — a layer that lies underneath another
- Bulgarian: субстра́т (substrát) — a layer that lies underneath another
- Catalan: substrat — a layer that lies underneath another
- Danish: substrat — a layer that lies underneath another
- Dutch: laag — a layer that lies underneath another
- Dutch: onderliggende reden — a layer that lies underneath another
- Dutch: substraat — a layer that lies underneath another
- Finnish: aluskerros — a layer that lies underneath another
- Georgian: სუბსტრატი (subsṭraṭi) — a layer that lies underneath another
- Greek: υπόστρωμα (ypóstroma) — a layer that lies underneath another
- Ancient Greek: ὑπόστρωμα (hupóstrōma) — a layer that lies underneath another
- Irish: bunsraith — a layer that lies underneath another
- Irish: foshraith — a layer that lies underneath another
- Irish: fostratam — a layer that lies underneath another
- Italian: substrato — a layer that lies underneath another
- Italian: sostrato — a layer that lies underneath another
- Eastern Mari: аварок (avarok) — a layer that lies underneath another
- Norwegian Bokmål: substrat — a layer that lies underneath another
- Norwegian Nynorsk: substrat — a layer that lies underneath another
- Polish: podłoże — a layer that lies underneath another
- Polish: podkład — a layer that lies underneath another
- Polish: podściółka — a layer that lies underneath another
- Polish: podścielisko — a layer that lies underneath another
- Portuguese: substrato — a layer that lies underneath another
- Romanian: substrat — a layer that lies underneath another
- Russian: субстра́т (substrát) — a layer that lies underneath another
- Serbo-Croatian: су̀пстра̄т — a layer that lies underneath another
- Serbo-Croatian: sùpstrāt — a layer that lies underneath another
- Ukrainian: субстра́т (substrát) — a layer that lies underneath another
Real reading context