pedestal

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English

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Pedestal

Etymology

From Middle French piédestal from Italian piedistallo (literally “foot stand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛdɪstəl/, (by conflation with stool) /ˈpɛdɪsˌtuːl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

pedestal (plural pedestals)

  1. (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
  2. (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
    He has put his mother on a pedestal. You can't say a word against her.
  3. (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
  4. (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
  5. (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.
  6. (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
  7. (telecommunications) A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
  8. (electronics) The measured value when no input signal is given.
  9. (aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
  10. The tough protuberant pad covering a dromedary's sternum, which, when the camel lies down, causes the abdomen to be slightly above the hot ground.

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Translations

Verb

pedestal (third-person singular simple present pedestals, present participle pedestaling, simple past and past participle pedestaled)

  1. To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian piedestallo.

Pronunciation

Noun

pedestal m (plural pedestals)

  1. (architecture) pedestal (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
  2. (figuratively) pedestal (a place of reverence or honor)

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Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: pe‧des‧tal

Noun

pedestal m (plural pedestais)

  1. (architecture) pedestal (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
  2. (figuratively) pedestal (a place of reverence or honor)

Romanian

Noun

pedestal n (plural pedestaluri)

  1. Obsolete form of piedestal.

Declension

Declension of pedestal
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pedestal pedestalul (niște) pedestaluri pedestalurile
genitive/dative (unui) pedestal pedestalului (unor) pedestaluri pedestalurilor
vocative pedestalule pedestalurilor

References

  • pedestal in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pedesˈtal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: pe‧des‧tal

Noun

pedestal m (plural pedestales)

  1. (architecture) pedestal (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
  2. (figuratively) pedestal (a place of reverence or honor)

Derived terms

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