dais
A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other…A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.
» The speaker pounded on the dais as they emphatically made their point.
Meaning
4 sensesA raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.
Podium
помо́стpomóst, возвыше́ниеvozvyšénije, по́диумpódium
(Northern, UK, historical)A bench, a settle, a pew.
The canopy over an altar, etc.
(obsolete)An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table.
- a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
Examples
1 sentencesThe speaker pounded on the dais as they emphatically made their point.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English deis, from Anglo-Norman deis, from Old French deis, dois (modern FrencFrom Middle English deis, from Anglo-Norman deis, from Old French deis, dois (modern French dais), from Latin discum, accusative singular of discus (“discus, disc, quoit; dish”) (Late Latin discum (“table”)), from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “discus, disc; tray”), from δικεῖν (dikeîn, “to cast, to throw; to strike”). Cognate with Italian desco, Occitan des. Doublet of desk, disc, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.
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