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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

superstratum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English stratum English superstratum From super- + stratum.

Meanings

  1. A stratum that is on top of another
  2. A language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language

Forms

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superstrata Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

adstratum

Relateds

substratum · substratum · superstratal

Synonyms

superstrate · superstratum language · superstrate language

Translations (4)

hy մակաշերտ (a language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language) · fi superstraatti (a language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language) · fr superstrat (a language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language) · ru суперстра́т (a language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language)