podium

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈpoʊdiəm/ UK /ˈpəʊdiəm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a raised platform on which a person stands to speak, conduct, or receive an award

The conductor stepped onto the podium and raised his baton.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a raised platform on which... dais platform rostrum stand stage lectern pulpit

Word family

Related forms pewpodiatryantipode

Etymology

From Latin podium ('raised platform, balcony'), from Ancient Greek podion ('base, little foot'), diminutive of pous ('foot').

podium Latin podion Ancient Greek pous Middle English

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People & Society

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# podium

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpoʊdiəm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpəʊdiəm/

## Meanings
1. a raised platform on which a person stands to speak, conduct, or receive an award

## Examples
- The conductor stepped onto the podium and raised his baton.

## Synonyms
- dais
- platform
- rostrum
- stand
- stage
- lectern
- pulpit

## Related Forms
- pew
- podiatry
- antipode

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: podium
- Root: podion
- Root: pous

## Etymology
From Latin podium ('raised platform, balcony'), from Ancient Greek podion ('base, little foot'), diminutive of pous ('foot').

## AI Etymology
Podium is from Latin podium ('raised platform, balcony'), from Ancient Greek podion ('base, little foot'), diminutive of pous ('foot'). Important recorded forms include podium (Latin), podion (Ancient Greek), and pous (Ancient Greek). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers a raised platform on which a person stands to speak, conduct, or receive an award. The wider family includes related words such as pew, podiatry, and antipode.

## Topics
- People & Society

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