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* Italian: {{t+|it|piedistallo|m}} |
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* Japanese: {{t|ja|台座|tr=だいざ, daiza|sc=Jpan}} |
* Japanese: {{t|ja|台座|tr=だいざ, daiza|sc=Jpan}} |
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* Latin: {{t|la|crepīdō|f}} |
* Latin: {{t|la|basis|f}}, {{t|la|crepīdō|f}} |
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* Latvian: {{t|lv|pjedestāls|m}} |
* Latvian: {{t|lv|pjedestāls|m}} |
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* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|pjedestalas|m}} |
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|pjedestalas|m}} |
Revision as of 02:05, 3 February 2022
Englisch
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French piédestal, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian piedistallo (pie "foot" di "of" stallo "stand") "footstall".
Pronunciation
Nomen
pedestal (plural pedestals)
- (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
- (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
- He has put his mother on a pedestal. You can't say a word against her.
- (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
- (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
- (bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
- (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
- (telecommunications) A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
- (electronics) The measured value when no input signal is given.
- (aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
Derived terms
Terms derived from pedestal
Translations
the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
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Verb
pedestal (third-person singular simple present pedestals, present participle pedestaling, simple past and past participle pedestaled)
- To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.
See also
Further reading
- “pedestal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “pedestal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pedestal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Italian piedestallo.
Pronunciation
Nomen
pedestal m (plural pedestals)
- (architecture) pedestal (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- (figuratively) pedestal (a place of reverence or honor)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “pedestal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Nomen
pedestal m (plural pedestais)
- (architecture) pedestal (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- (figuratively) pedestal (a place of reverence or honor)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Nomen
pedestal m (plural pedestales)
- (architecture) pedestal (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- (figuratively) pedestal (a place of reverence or honor)
Further reading
- “pedestal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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