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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French piédestal, from Italian piedestallo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjɛˈdɛs.taw/
- Rhymes: -ɛstaw
- Syllabification: pie‧des‧tał
Noun
piedestał m inan
- (architecture) pedestal (base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- Synonym: postument
Declension
Further reading
- piedestał in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- piedestał in Polish dictionaries at PWN