Associations to the word «Substratum»
Noun
- Adhesion
- Sponge
- Celtic
- Linguist
- Romanian
- Dialect
- Phonology
- Borrowing
- Albanian
- Brahman
- Limestone
- Alga
- Stratum
- Adsorption
- Milieu
- Aggregate
- Hinduism
- Substance
- Attachment
- Yiddish
- Universal
- Sediment
- Aristotle
- Timor
- Differentiation
- Intuition
- Sus
- Plural
- Microorganism
- Theo
- Phenomenon
- Pre
- Morphology
- Latin
- European
- Carbonate
- Burrow
- Filament
- Sanskrit
- Locke
- Feed
- Language
- Crawl
- Consciousness
- Substrate
- Stalk
- Syntax
- Habitat
- Induction
- Cell
- Influence
- Existence
- Lan
- Crust
- Soil
Adjective
- Romance
- Lexical
- Extracellular
- Celtic
- Semitic
- Sandy
- Proto
- Aryan
- Epithelial
- Basque
- Subterranean
- Linguistic
- Vedic
- Slavic
- Coptic
- Creole
- Germanic
- Morphological
- Superficial
- Porous
- Underlying
- Romanian
- Divergent
- Shallow
- Albanian
- Ambient
- Microbial
- Esoteric
- Ventral
- Focal
- Balkan
- Attested
- Attached
- Lyric
- Rocky
- Yellowish
- Arabic
- Bacterial
- Authentic
- Geological
- Coarse
- Muddy
Adverb
Wiktionary
SUBSTRATUM, noun. A layer that lies underneath another.
SUBSTRATUM, noun. (figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something.
SUBSTRATUM, noun. (linguistics) A substrate.
Dictionary definition
SUBSTRATUM, noun. A surface on which an organism grows or is attached; "the gardener talked about the proper substrate for acid-loving plants".
SUBSTRATUM, noun. Any stratum or layer lying underneath another.
SUBSTRATUM, noun. An indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population; "the Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.