пиедестал

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from French piédestal, from Italian piedistallo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piɛdɛˈstaɫ]
• Rhymes: -aɫ
• Syllabification^(key): пи‧е‧де‧стал
• Hyphenation^(key): пи‧едес‧тал

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

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Noun

пиедеста́л • (piedestál) m

1. (architecture) pedestal

   Synonym: постаме́нт (postamént)

2. (figurative) pedestal (a place of reverence or honor)

Declension

Declension of пиедеста́л

	singular	plural
indefinite	пиедеста́л piedestál	пиедеста́ли piedestáli
definite (subject form)	пиедеста́лът piedestálǎt	пиедеста́лите piedestálite
definite (object form)	пиедеста́ла piedestála
count form	—	пиедеста́ла piedestála

References

• “пиедестал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пиедестал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010