substratum
French, noun/syp.stʁa.tɔm/
substratum is spelled S-U-B-S-T-R-A-T-U-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Substratum is a French masculine noun meaning “substratum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de substrat”.
What does substratum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesubstratum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de substrat. 2. Variante de substrat, présentant toutefois une importante nuance d'usage : le terme "subtratum" désigne une unité géologique, alors que le "substrat" désigne le matériau. 3. Variante de substrat.
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 substratum
- substratums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce substratum?
- /syp.stʁa.tɔm/
- \syp.stʁa.tɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is substratum in French?
substratum appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).