podium

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See also: Podium and pódium

English

podium (3)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), from diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of pew.

Pronunciation

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Noun

podium (plural podiums or podia)

  1. A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit.
  2. (sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
  3. (sports and other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
  4. (sports) A result amongst the best three at a competition.
  5. A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
    1. The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheatre, from the top of which the seats began.
    2. The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers.
  6. (botany, anatomy) A foot or footstalk.

Usage notes

Some people object to the “stand for holding notes” sense on the grounds that because of its etymology, podium ought to refer to something that is stood upon (or that at least pertains to the feet in some way), and that lectern should instead be used, as it refers to “reading”. This use is however well established in US English and reported without comment in US dictionaries.

Synonyms

  • (stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly): lectern

Translations

Verb

podium (third-person singular simple present podiums, present participle podiuming, simple past and past participle podiumed)

  1. (sports, colloquial) To finish in the top three at an event or competition.
    The swimmer podiumed three times at the Olympics.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoː.di.(j)ʏm/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

podium n (plural podia or podiums, diminutive podiumpje n)

  1. (art, music, theater) stage

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin podium. Doublet of puy.

Pronunciation

Noun

podium m (plural podiums or podia)

  1. podium

References

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), from diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

Noun

podium n (genitive podiī or podī); second declension

  1. balcony, especially in an amphitheater

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative podium podia
Genitive podiī
podī1 		podiōrum
Dative podiō podiīs
Accusative podium podia
Ablative podiō podiīs
Vocative podium podia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References

  • “podium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “podium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • podium 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)
  • podium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “podium”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1]
  • “podium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “podium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Noun

podium

  1. a dais, raised platform

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), from diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): //ˈpɔd.jum// invalid IPA characters (//)
  • Audio(file)

Noun

podium n

  1. podium

Declension

Declension of podium
singular plural
nominative podium podia
genitive podium podiów
dative podium podiom
accusative podium podia
instrumental podium podiami
locative podium podiach
vocative podium podia

Further reading

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