substructure

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-der.

English sub-

English structure

English substructure

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”).

Derived terms

• substructural
• substructured

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