substratum

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin substrātum, nominalisation of the neuter of Latin substrātus, perfect passive participle of substernō. By surface analysis, sub- +‎ stratum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səbˈstrɑ.təm/, /səbˈstreɪ̯.təm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sub‧stra‧tum

Noun

substratum (plural substrata)

1. A layer that lies underneath another.

   Synonym: underlayer

   • 1847, editorial staff, “Painting on Glass”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 72:

     ..; in this case it became necessary to employ a machine like the lapidary's wheel, partially to grind away the colored surface till the white substratum appeared.

2. (figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something.
   • 1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados:

     However exaggerated an estimate this might be, the substratum of truth was solid and auriferous enough to dazzle the imagination.

3. (linguistics) A substrate.

Derived terms

• substrate

Related terms

• substratal

Translations

a layer that lies underneath another

• Belarusian: субстра́т m (substrát)
• Bulgarian: субстра́т m (substrát)
• Catalan: substrat (ca) m
• Danish: substrat (da) n
• 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) n, podkład (pl) m inan, podściółka (pl) f, podścielisko n
• Portuguese: substrato (pt) m
• Romanian: substrat (ro) n
• Russian: субстра́т (ru) m (substrát)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: су̀пстра̄т

  Latin: sùpstrāt (sh) m

• Ukrainian: субстра́т (uk) m (substrát)

Further reading

• “substratum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin substrātum. Doublet of substrat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syp.stʁa.tɔm/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sub‧stra‧tum

Noun

substratum m (plural substratums)

1. substratum

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊpˈstraː.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [subˈstraː.tum]
• Hyphenation: sub‧strā‧tum

Verb

substrātum

1. accusative supine of substernō

Participle

substrātum

1. inflection of substrātus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular