podium
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of pew.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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[1]:
- Red Bull's Thai-British driver Alex Albon took a maiden podium in third.
- A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
- The lower portion of a high-rise building, typically of several storeys tall and acts as a foundation to the tower(s) above it.
- (botany, anatomy) A foot or footstalk.
Usage notes edit
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 edit
- (stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly): lectern
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Verb edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of pui.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
podium n (plural podia or podiums, diminutive podiumpje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: podium
Further reading edit
- “podium” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin podium. Doublet of puy.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
podium m (plural podiums or podia)
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: podyum
Further reading edit
- “podium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), from diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpo.di.um/, [ˈpɔd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.di.um/, [ˈpɔːd̪ium]
Noun edit
podium n (genitive podiī or podī); second declension
- balcony, especially in an amphitheatre
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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 edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings
References edit
- “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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
podium n (definite singular podiet, indefinite plural podier, definite plural podia or podiene)
References edit
- “podium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
podium n (definite singular podiet, indefinite plural podium, definite plural podia)
References edit
- “podium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), from diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
podium n
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
podium n (plural podiumuri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Further reading edit
- podium in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
podium n
Declension edit
Declension of podium | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | podium | podiet | podier | podierna |
Genitive | podiums | podiets | podiers | podiernas |
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