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podium

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See also: Podium, pódium, and -podium

English

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podium (3)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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podium (plural podiums or podia)

  1. A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
  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.
    • 2020 September 13, Andrew Benson, “Tuscan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton claims 90th win after incredible race”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      Red Bull's Thai-British driver Alex Albon took a maiden podium in third.
  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. The lower portion of a high-rise building, typically of several storeys tall and acts as a foundation to the tower(s) above it.
  7. (botany, anatomy) A foot or footstalk.

Usage notes

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  • 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

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

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Verb

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

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

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, base), a diminutive of πούς (poús, foot). Doublet of pui.

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Noun

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

  1. (art) stage
  2. (particularly sports) podium

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: podium

Further reading

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  • podium” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin podium. Doublet of puy.

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Noun

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podium m (plural podiums or podia)

  1. podium

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Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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podium n (genitive podiī or podī); second declension

  1. balcony, especially in an amphitheatre

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

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).

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References

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  • 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[2]
  • 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

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podium n (definite singular podiet, indefinite plural podier, definite plural podia or podiene)

  1. podium
  2. a dais, raised platform

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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podium n (definite singular podiet, indefinite plural podium, definite plural podia)

  1. podium
  2. a dais, raised platform

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin podium.

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Noun

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podium n

  1. (architecture) podium

Declension

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Further reading

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  • podium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • podium in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin podium.

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Noun

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podium n (plural podiumuri)

  1. podium

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative podium podiumul podiumuri podiumurile
genitive-dative podium podiumului podiumuri podiumurilor
vocative podiumule podiumurilor

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin podium.

Noun

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podium n

  1. podium

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