substraat

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin substratum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʏpˈstraːt/

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• Hyphenation: sub‧straat
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

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 (linguistics) language substrate (condition where a region's or population's original language has been replaced by another one but has influenced the replacing language; the replaced language)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

• substraattaal
• taalsubstraat