podium

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ.dɪi.ʌm/

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.

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.

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.di.(j)ʏm/

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

1. (art, music, theater) stage

• hoofdpodium
• podiumbeest
• podiumkunst
• poppodium

Borrowed from Latin podium. Doublet of puy.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.djɔm/

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podium m (plural podiums or podia)

1. podium

• “podium” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.di.um/, [ˈpɔ.di.ũ]

podium n (genitive podiī); second declension

1. balcony, especially in an amphitheater

Second declension.

• 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, 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔd.jum/

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podium n

1. podium

• podium in Polish dictionaries at PWN