пиедестал

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from French piédestal, from Italian piedistallo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -aɫ
  • Syllabification(key): пи‧е‧де‧стал
  • Hyphenation(key): пи‧едес‧тал

Noun

пиедеста́л • (piedestál) m

  1. (architecture) pedestal
    Synonym: постаме́нт (postamént)
  2. (figurative) pedestal (a place of reverence or honor)

Declension

Declension of пиедеста́л
singular plural
indefinite пиедеста́л
piedestál 		пиедеста́ли
piedestáli
definite
(subject form) 		пиедеста́лът
piedestálǎt 		пиедеста́лите
piedestálite
definite
(object form) 		пиедеста́ла
piedestála
count form — пиедеста́ла
piedestála

References

  • “пиедестал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “пиедестал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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