shtrat

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strātum. Compare Romanian strat.

Pronunciation

• (Tosk) IPA^(key): /ʃtɾat/

Noun

shtrat m (plural shtretër, definite shtrati, definite plural shtretërit)

1. bed
2. bedstead, bed of a cart or wagon, riverbed, seedbed, hotbed, bed of termites
3. layer, stratum
4. base, pad, supporting platform, especially for a watchman, fisherman, or gun
5. arbor-like frame for supporting vine plants or drying tobacco
6. (botany) receptacle for the floral organs on a flower stalk
7. gelatinous layer of microorganisms that forms in vinegar
8. (medicine) scab
9. (anatomy) placenta
10. (figurative, colloquial) conjugal relation, man and wife

Synonyms

• (bed for sleeping): krevat
• (seedbed): farishtë
• (riverbed): taban
• (placenta): makrosë, makth, shtrak

Hyponyms

hyponyms

• shtrat bore (“layer of snow”)
• shtrat i fëmijës (“placenta”)
• shtrat i ftohtë (“forcing frame, cold frame”)
• shtrat i ngrohtë (“hotbed”)
• shtrat i nxehtë (“hotbed”)
• shtrat i pjellës (“amnion, caul”)
• shtrat i qelbit (“thick part of pus”)
• shtrat i qerres (“bed of cart or wagon”)
• shtrat i vdekjes (“deathbed”)

Derived terms

• shtrak
• shtratëzon
• shtratgjerë
• shtratim
• shtratore
• shtrazë
• shtreth