"superstratum" meaning in English

See superstratum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superstratum.wav [US] Forms: superstrata [plural]
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  1. (geology) A stratum that is on top of another
    Sense id: en-superstratum-en-noun-MMq83vxW Categories (other): Geology Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  2. (linguistics) A language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language Translations (a language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language): մակաշերտ (makašert) (Armenian), superstraatti (Finnish), superstrat [masculine] (French), суперстра́т (superstrát) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-superstratum-en-noun-6v92IFo6 Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with super-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with super-: 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'a language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: superstratum language, superstrate language, superstrate Hypernyms: adstratum (alt: adstrate) Related terms: superstratal, substratum (english: substrate), substratum

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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