substratum

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ stratum, both elements from Latin.

Noun

substratum (plural substrata)

1. A layer that lies underneath another.

   Synonym: underlayer

2. (figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something.
3. (linguistics) A substrate.

Derived 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 (ὑpóstroma)

• Irish: bunsraith f, foshraith f, fostratam m
• Italian: substrato (it) m, sostrato m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: substrat (no) n

  Nynorsk: substrat n

• 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)