strata
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɹeɪtə/, /ˈstɹætə/, /ˈstɹɑːtə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪtə, -ætə, -ɑːtə
Usage notes
Sometimes used incorrectly as singular.
Derived terms
- stratabound
Etymology 2
From strata title.
Noun
strata (plural stratas)
- (British Columbia) Condominium unit, condominium building, condominium title.
- Learn more about the renting in stratas; some stratas may have rental restriction bylaws. There are also legal requirements for buying and selling strata properties.
Etymology 3
The bread is layered with the filling to produce strata (layers).
Noun
strata (plural stratas)
Alternative forms
See also
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstrata]
- Hyphenation: stra‧ta
Noun
strata (first-person possessive strataku, second-person possessive stratamu, third-person possessive stratanya)
Affixed terms
- berstrata
- menstratakan
- penstrataan
Compounds
- strata dua
- strata satu
- strata tiga
Related terms
Further reading
- “strata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology 1
An ellipsis of via strāta (“covered, stretched path”). Latter element from strātus, perfect passive participle of sternō (“spread out, extend”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstraː.ta/, [ˈs̠t̪räːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstra.ta/, [ˈst̪räːt̪ä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | strāta | strātae |
Genitive | strātae | strātārum |
Dative | strātae | strātīs |
Accusative | strātam | strātās |
Ablative | strātā | strātīs |
Vocative | strāta | strātae |
Descendants
- Italian: strada
- Neapolitan:
- Old Occitan:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: estrada, strada
- Old Spanish:
- Piedmontese: stra
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Sicilian: strata
- Venetian: strada
- → Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܐܣܛܪܛ (ʾesṭərāṭ)
- → Middle Persian: [script needed] (slʾt' /srāt/, “way; street”)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *strātu (see there for further descendants)
- → Greek: στράτα (stráta)
Participle
strāta
- inflection of strātus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Etymology 3
Inflected form of strātum (“coverlet, blanket”).
References
- “strata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- strata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- strata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) a street, a made road: via strata
- (ambiguous) all have perished by the sword: omnia strata sunt ferro
- (ambiguous) a street, a made road: via strata
- strata in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Malay
Noun
strata (plural strata-strata, informal 1st possessive strataku, 2nd possessive stratamu, 3rd possessive stratanya)
- stratum:
- one of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
- a class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.
- stratum: condominium unit, condominium building, condominium title
Further reading
- “strata” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *strātu, from Latin strāta.
Descendants
Further reading
- “strāta”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *strātu, from Latin strāta.
Polish
Etymology
Deverbal from stracić.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstra.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: stra‧ta
Declension
Sicilian
Etymology
From Late Latin strāta (“paved road”), from Latin [via] strāta, feminine of strātus, perfect passive participle of sternō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʂɽata/, /ˈʂata/