substraat

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin substratum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sʏpˈstraːt/
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  • Hyphenation: sub‧straat
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

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substraat n (plural substraten, diminutive substraatje n)

  1. substrate, substratum, underlying layer
    Synonym: onderlaag
  2. (biology) substrate (surface whereon an organism grows or whereto it is attached)
  3. (construction) substrate (surface to which a substance adheres)
  4. (linguistics) language substrate (condition where a region's or population's original language has been replaced by another one but has influenced the replacing language; the replaced language)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

Derived terms

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