pulpit

English

Etymology

From Latin pulpitum (“platform”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpʊlpɪt/, /ˈpʌlpɪt/

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Noun

pulpit (plural pulpits)

1. A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands to conduct the sermon.
2. (obsolete, nautical) The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as bow pulpit. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as as stern pulpit; other texts use the perhaps more appropriate term pushpit.

Derived terms

• wayside pulpit

Translations

raised platform in church

Breton: kador-brezeg (br) f. Czech: kazatelna (cs) f. Danish: prædikestol (da) c. Dutch: kansel (nl) m., preekstoel (nl) m. Finnish: saarnastuoli (fi), saarnatuoli (fi) French: chaire (fr) f. German: Kanzel (de) f.

Greek: άμβωνας (el) (ámvonas) m. Hungarian: szószék Russian: кафедра (ru) (káf'edra) f. Scottish Gaelic: cùbaid (gd) f. Slovene: prižnica (sl) f. Spanish: púlpito (es) m. Swedish: predikstol (sv) f.

(obsolete, nautical) the railing at the bow of a boat

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Polish

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Noun

pulpit m.

1. desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)

Declension

    declension of pulpit

	singular	plural
nominative	pulpit	pulpity
genitive	pulpitu	pulpitów
dative	pulpitowi	pulpitom
accusative	pulpit	pulpity
instrumental	pulpitem	pulpitami
locative	pulpicie	pulpitach
vocative	pulpicie	pulpity