The substratum is unstable and requires special building practices.
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Substratum
//səbˈstrɑ.təm//
Synonyms for "substratum" (117 found)
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Strong matches (35)
Related words (58)
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Noun(2 words)
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3 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπόστρωμα noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Belarusian
1 entries- субстра́т noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Bulgarian
1 entries- субстра́т noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Catalan
1 entries- substrat noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Danish
1 entries- substrat noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Dutch
3 entries- laag noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
- onderliggende reden noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
- substraat noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- аварок noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Finnish
1 entries- aluskerros noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Georgian
1 entries- სუბსტრატი noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Greek
1 entries- υπόστρωμα noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Irish
3 entries- bunsraith noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
- foshraith noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
- fostratam noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Italian
2 entries- sostrato noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
- substrato noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- substrat noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- substrat noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Polish
1 entries- podłoże noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Portuguese
1 entries- substrato noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Romanian
1 entries- substrat noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Russian
1 entries- субстра́т noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sùpstrāt noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
- су̀пстра̄т noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Ukrainian
1 entries- субстра́т noun (a layer that lies underneath another)
Sample sentences
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Learning Chavacano and maybe other creoles could revitalize my interest in conlanging, even if just in my head. Chavacano is interesting to me because it is a Latinate creole, Spanish-based, with an indigenous Philippine substratum. Convenient in creoles is the absence of complex verbal conjugations. Markers or particles indicate verbal aspects. Creole is like a quaint fantasy.
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As English's Germanic substratum of short words is ameliorated with long Mediterranean loanwords, the Thai language with its short words is ameliorated with long Indic borrowings. Languages often have such vocabulary dichotomies. Japanese native words are longer than the Sinitic borrowings. Borrowed words in these languages often indicate a higher register.
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There are now sophisticated AI art generators, AI architectural concept generators, and even AI script and dialogue generators. Conceivable, there will be sophisticated AI language generators! There could be parameters like the superstratum language and the substratum language, then out goes a resulting desired artificial creole!
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