substrat
French, noun/syp.stʁa/
substrat is spelled S-U-B-S-T-R-A-T (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Substrat is a French masculine noun meaning “substrate (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couche constituant le socle d’une autre, avec, par rapport au terme "substratum", une importante nuance…”.
What does substrat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesubstrate (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts)
- 2
masculinesubstrate (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached)
- 3
masculinesubstrate (an underlying layer; a substratum)
- 4
masculinesubstrate (an indigenous language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Couche constituant le socle d’une autre, avec, par rapport au terme "substratum", une importante nuance d'usage : le terme "substrat" fait référence aux aspects en tant que matériau, alors que le terme "substratum" désigne ce qui concerne l'unité géologique (ou parfois les unités). 2. Milieu dans lequel se forme une réaction. 3. Sol sur lequel pousse un organisme. 4. Matériau sur lequel ou dans lequel sont fabriqués les éléments d'un dispositif ou d'un circuit électronique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of substrat
- substrats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce substrat?
- /syp.stʁa/
- \syb.stʁa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to substrat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is substrat in French?
substrat appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).