ersatz

English - Turkish

Definition of ersatz in English Turkish dictionary: aslının yerine geçen şey; suni (şey); yapma; yapay; (isim) aslının yerine geçen şey; {s} yerini tutan; aslının yerine geçen taklit suni
ersatz quotes: el hareketiyle yapılan tırnak işareti
ersatz quotes: tırnak içinde söylemek

English - English

Definition of ersatz in English English dictionary: : Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute; Made in imitation; artificial, especially of an inferior quality
Back then, we could only get ersatz coffee.; literally "inferior substitute", the 222 measurement sites in the 1952-1975 SOLMET/ERSATZ solar & meteorological hourly network that did not measure solar radiation The solar radiation for these sites was modeled from cloud cover data and other information The SOLMET/ERSATZ network has been replaced by the 1961-1990 National Solar Radiation Data Base; substitute; {s} used in place of, substitute; disapproval If you describe something as ersatz, you dislike it because it is not genuine and is a poor imitation of something better. an ersatz Victorian shopping precinct = fake. artificial, and not as good as the real thing; {i} substitute, replacement; an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation; an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee; (German) Substitute As a rule, the term implies that the Ersatz is inferior to the article for which it is a substitute B 24; artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"; \AIR-sahts; UR-sats\, adjective: Being a substitute or imitation, usually an inferior one

ersatz

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er·satz

ersäts

/ˈerˌsäts/ /ˈɛrˌsɑːts/

[ 'er-"säts, -"zäts, e ] (adjective.) 1875. From the German Ersatz (“a replacement”); and from the German verb ersetzen (“to replace”).

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