substraat
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin substratum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
substraat n (plural substraten, diminutive substraatje n)
- substrate, substratum, underlying layer
- Synonym: onderlaag
- (biology) substrate (surface whereon an organism grows or whereto it is attached)
- (construction) substrate (surface to which a substance adheres)
- (linguistics) language substrate (condition where a region's or population's original language has been replaced by another one but has influenced the replacing language; the replaced language)
- Synonym: substraattaal