po·di·um

(pō′dē-əm)

n. pl. po·di·ums or po·di·a (-dē-ə)

1. An elevated platform, as for an orchestra conductor or public speaker.

2. A stand for holding the notes of a public speaker; a lectern.

3. Architecture

a. A low wall serving as a foundation.

b. A wall circling the arena of an ancient amphitheater.

4. Biology A structure resembling or functioning as a foot.

intr.v. po·di·umed, po·di·um·ing, po·di·ums Sports

To complete a competition, especially a race, as one of the top three contestants, usually being honored while standing on a podium.

[Latin, from Greek podion, base, diminutive of pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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podium

(ˈpəʊdɪəm)

n, pl -diums or -dia (-dɪə)

1. a small raised platform used by lecturers, orchestra conductors, etc; dais

2. (Architecture) a plinth that supports a colonnade or wall

3. (Architecture) a low wall surrounding the arena of an ancient amphitheatre

4. (Zoology) zoology

a. the terminal part of a vertebrate limb

b. any footlike organ, such as the tube foot of a starfish

(General Sporting Terms) (intr) informal to finish in one of the first three places in a sporting competition

[C18: from Latin: platform, balcony, from Greek podion little foot, from pous foot]

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po•di•um

(ˈpoʊ di əm)

n., pl. -di•ums, -di•a (-di ə)

1. a small platform for an orchestra conductor, speaker, etc.

2. lectern (def. 2).

a. a low wall or platform forming a base for a structure, as the masonry supporting the colonnade of a classical temple.

b. a raised platform surrounding the arena of a Roman amphitheater.

4. Anat. a foot.

[1605–15; < Latin: elevated place, balcony < Greek pódion little foot]

-podium

a combining form meaning “footlike appendage,” “support,” “stem”: pseudopodium.

[< New Latin; see podium]

lectern, podium, dais, rostrum - A lectern is the stand on which the speaker's notes are placed, the podium is the platform on which the speaker and lectern stand, a dais is a platform for several people, and a rostrum is a platform for one or more.

podium

noun platform, stand, stage, rostrum, dais A bomb was discovered under the speaker's podium at the conference.

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Translations

مِنَصَّه

stupínek

forhøjningpodium

Podium

βήμα

podium

ræîu-/hljómsveitarpallur

podijs

stupienok

podium

[ˈpəʊdɪəm] N (podiums, podia (pl)) [ˈpəʊdɪə] → podio m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

podium

[ˈpəʊdiəm] n → podium m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

podium

n → Podest nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

podium

[ˈpəʊdɪəm] n → podio

podium

(ˈpəudiəm) noun

a platform on which a lecturer, musical conductor etc stands.

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