substructure

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ structure.

Noun

substructure (plural substructures)

1. The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).

   Synonym: underbuilding

2. The earth or gravel that the railway tracks are embedded in.
3. (Marxism) Synonym of base (“the forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life”).

Translations

the supporting part of a structure

Bulgarian: основа (bg) f (osnova), фундамент (bg) m (fundament) Czech: spodní stavba f (buildings), železniční spodek m (railway) Finnish: alusrakenne (fi) French: substructure (fr) f Irish: fostruchtúr m Latin: substructiō f Romanian: substructură (ro) f Spanish: subestructura f

See also

• superstructure

French

Etymology

From sub- +‎ structure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syp.stʁyk.tyʁ/

• Audio (France (Agen)):

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Noun

substructure f (plural substructures)

1. substructure

Further reading

• “substructure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊp.struːkˈtuː.rɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sub.strukˈtuː.re]

Participle

substrūctūre

1. vocative masculine singular of substrūctūrus