substratum

Learned borrowing from New Latin substrātum, nominalisation of the neuter of Latin substrātus, perfect passive participle of substernō.^[1] By surface analysis, sub- +‎ stratum.

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: sub‧stra‧tum

substratum (plural substrata)

1. A layer that lies underneath another.

   Synonym: underlayer

2. (figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something.
   • 1914, Ernest Bramah, 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.

• “substratum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• IPA^(key): /syp.stʁa.tɔm/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Hyphenation: sub‧stra‧tum

substratum m (plural substratums)

1. stratum (clarification of this definition is needed)

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

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

substrātum

1. accusative supine of substernō

substrātum

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