Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#PODIUMCategory:English terms derived from Latin#PODIUM podium, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#PODIUM πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of pewCategory:English doublets#PODIUM.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ.di.əm/Category:English 3-syllable words#PODIUMCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PODIUM

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ.di.əm/Category:English 3-syllable words#PODIUMCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PODIUM
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʉ.di.əm/Category:English 3-syllable words#PODIUMCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PODIUM
• Rhymes: -əʊdiəmCategory:Rhymes:English/əʊdiəm#PODIUMCategory:Rhymes:English/əʊdiəm/2 syllables#PODIUM

Noun

podium (plural podia or podiums)Category:English lemmas#PODIUMCategory:English nouns#PODIUMCategory:English countable nouns#PODIUMCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#PODIUMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PODIUMCategory:Pages with entries#PODIUMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#PODIUM

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. (sportsCategory:en:Sports#PODIUM 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. (sportsCategory:en:Sports#PODIUM) 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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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. (botanyCategory:en:Botany#PODIUM, anatomyCategory:en:Anatomy#PODIUM) A foot or footstalk.

Verb

podium (third-person singular simple present podiums, present participle podiuming, simple past and past participle podiumed)Category:English lemmas#PODIUMCategory:English verbs#PODIUMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PODIUMCategory:Pages with entries#PODIUMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#PODIUM

1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#PODIUM, sportsCategory:en:Sports#PODIUM, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#PODIUM) To finish in the top three at an event or competition.

   The swimmer podiumed three times at the Olympics.Category:English terms with usage examples#PODIUM

   • 2011 September 1, Harry Pearson, “London 2012 can legacy by verbing the noun”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 22 September 2024:

     Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.

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Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from Latin#PODIUMCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#PODIUM podium, from Ancient GreekCategory:Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek#PODIUM πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of puiCategory:Dutch doublets#PODIUM.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.di.(j)ʏm/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#PODIUM

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Noun

podium n (plural podia or podiums, diminutive podiumpje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#PODIUMCategory:Dutch nouns#PODIUMCategory:Dutch nouns with Latin plurals#PODIUMCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#PODIUMCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#PODIUMCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#PODIUMCategory:Pages with entries#PODIUMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#PODIUM

1. (artCategory:nl:Art#PODIUM) stage
2. (particularly sportsCategory:nl:Sports#PODIUM) podium

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Latin#PODIUMCategory:French terms derived from Latin#PODIUM podium. Doublet of puyCategory:French doublets#PODIUM.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.djɔm/Category:French 2-syllable words#PODIUMCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#PODIUM

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Noun

podium m (plural podiums or podia)Category:French lemmas#PODIUMCategory:French nouns#PODIUMCategory:French countable nouns#PODIUMCategory:French nouns with multiple plurals#PODIUMCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PODIUMCategory:French masculine nouns#PODIUMCategory:Pages with entries#PODIUMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#PODIUM

1. podium

Further reading

• “podium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Etymology

Borrowed from DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#PODIUMCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#PODIUM podium, from LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#PODIUM podium, from Ancient GreekCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek#PODIUM πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /poˈdium/ [poˈdi.ʊm]Category:Indonesian 3-syllable words#PODIUMCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#PODIUM
• Rhymes: -umCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/um#PODIUMCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/um/3 syllables#PODIUM
• Syllabification: po‧di‧um

Noun

podium (plural podium-podium)Category:Indonesian lemmas#PODIUMCategory:Indonesian nouns#PODIUMCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#PODIUMCategory:Pages with entries#PODIUMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#PODIUM

1. podium
   1. platform
   2. stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly

      Synonym: mimbar

   3. low wall, serving as a foundation, substructure, or a terrace wall

      Synonym: batur

Further reading

• “podium”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#PODIUMCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#PODIUM πόδιον (pódion, “base”), from diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔ.di.ũː]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#PODIUMCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#PODIUM
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔː.di.um]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#PODIUMCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#PODIUM

Noun

podium n (genitive podiī or podī)Category:Latin lemmas#PODIUMCategory:Latin nouns#PODIUMCategory:Latin second declension nouns#PODIUMCategory:Latin neuter nouns in the second declension#PODIUMCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PODIUMCategory:Latin neuter nouns#PODIUMCategory:Pages with entries#PODIUMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#PODIUM; second declension

1. balcony, especially in an amphitheatre

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, 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰuːdɪʉm]Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation#PODIUM

Noun

podium n (definite singular podiet, indefinite plural podier, definite plural podia or podiene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#PODIUMCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#PODIUMCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#PODIUMCategory:Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns#PODIUMCategory:Pages with entries#PODIUMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#PODIUM

1. podium
2. a dais, raised platform

References

• “podium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Noun

podium n (definite singular podiet, indefinite plural podium, definite plural podia)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#PODIUMCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#PODIUMCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#PODIUMCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#PODIUMCategory:Pages with entries#PODIUMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#PODIUM

1. podium
2. a dais, raised platform

References

• “podium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Polish terms borrowed from Latin#PODIUMCategory:Polish learned borrowings from Latin#PODIUMCategory:Polish terms derived from Latin#PODIUM podium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.djum/Category:Polish 2-syllable words#PODIUMCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#PODIUM

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• Rhymes: -ɔdjumCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɔdjum#PODIUMCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɔdjum/2 syllables#PODIUM
• Syllabification: po‧dium

Noun

podium nCategory:Polish lemmas#PODIUMCategory:Polish nouns#PODIUMCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#PODIUMCategory:Polish neuter nouns#PODIUMCategory:Pages with entries#PODIUMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#PODIUM

1. (architectureCategory:pl:Architectural elements#PODIUM) podium

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Latin#PODIUMCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#PODIUM podium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.djum/Category:Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation#PODIUM

Noun

podium n (plural podiumuri)Category:Romanian lemmas#PODIUMCategory:Romanian nouns#PODIUMCategory:Romanian countable nouns#PODIUMCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#PODIUMCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#PODIUMCategory:Pages with entries#PODIUMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#PODIUM

1. podium

Further reading

• “podium”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from Latin#PODIUMCategory:Swedish terms derived from Latin#PODIUM podium.

Noun

podium nCategory:Swedish lemmas#PODIUMCategory:Swedish nouns#PODIUMCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#PODIUMCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#PODIUMCategory:Pages with entries#PODIUMCategory:Pages with 10 entries#PODIUM

1. podium

References

• “podium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “podium”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “podium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)