podium
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), from diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of pew.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊ.diəm/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊdiəm
Noun
podium (plural podiums or podia)
- A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
- (sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
- (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.
- (sports) A result amongst the best three at a competition.
- 2020 September 13, Andrew Benson, “Tuscan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton claims 90th win after incredible race”, in BBC Sport:
- Red Bull's Thai-British driver Alex Albon took a maiden podium in third.
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- A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
- The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheatre, from the top of which the seats began.
- The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers.
- (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 be used instead, as it refers to “reading”. However, this use is well established in US English and reported without comment in US dictionaries.
Synonyms
- (stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly): lectern
Translations
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Verb
podium (third-person singular simple present podiums, present participle podiuming, simple past and past participle podiumed)
- (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)
- (art, music, theater) stage
Derived terms
- hoofdpodium
- podiumbeest
- podiumkunst
- poppodium
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin podium. Doublet of puy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.djɔm/
Audio (file)
Noun
podium m (plural podiums or podia)
- podium
Descendants
- → Turkish: podyum
Further reading
- “podium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), from diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.di.um/, [ˈpɔd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.di.um/, [ˈpɔːd̪ium]
Noun
podium n (genitive podiī or podī); second declension
- balcony, especially in an amphitheatre
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
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: poggio
- Sicilian: poju
- Padanian:
- Emilian: peusc
- Gallo-Italic of Sicily: poju, puoju
- Ligurian: péuzzo
- Romagnol: pògg
- ⇒ Romagnol: puzol
- Venetian: podo, poxo
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Middle French: puie
- → Middle English: pewe, pew, puwe
- English: pew
- Scots: pew
- French: puy (“mountain”)
- → Middle English: pewe, pew, puwe
- Middle French: puie
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: pueyo; pui
- Catalan: puig, pui (“mountain, hill, peak”)
- ⇒ Catalan: pujol (“hill”), Pujol
- Gascon: puei
- Languedocien: puèg, puòg
- Limousin: pueg
- Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: poyu
- Old Portuguese: poio
- Galician: poio (“bench, hill”)
- Portuguese: poio, poia, pojo, poja
- Old Spanish: poyo
- Spanish: poyo (“bench”)
- Borrowings
- → Aragonese: podio
- → Asturian: podiu
- → Catalan: podi
- → English: podium
- → French: podium
- → Turkish: podyum
- → Galician: podio
- → Italian: podio
- → Occitan: podiòm
- → Polish: podium
- → Portuguese: pódio
- → Romanian: podium, podiu
- → Spanish: podio
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
- “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
- IPA(key): [ˈpʰuːdɪʉm]
Noun
podium n (definite singular podiet, indefinite plural podier, definite plural podia or podiene)
- podium
- a dais, raised platform
References
- “podium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
podium n (definite singular podiet, indefinite plural podium, definite plural podia)
- podium
- a dais, raised platform
References
- “podium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), from diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.djum/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔdjum
- Syllabification: po‧dium
Noun
podium n
- podium
Declension
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
- podium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- podium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin podium.
Noun
podium n (plural podiumuri)
- podium
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) podium | podiumul | (niște) podiumuri | podiumurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) podium | podiumului | (unor) podiumuri | podiumurilor |
vocative | podiumule | podiumurilor |
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin podium.
Noun
podium n
- podium
Declension
Declension of podium | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | podium | podiet | podier | podierna |
Genitive | podiums | podiets | podiers | podiernas |
References
- podium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- podium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- podium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)