Polyglot Dictionary

pedestal

/pedesˈtaw/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
pedestais

Meaning

  1. pedestal

    • A estátua no pedestal.

      The statue on the pedestal.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

base

Close — a pedestal is a type of base.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

peana

peana is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "pedestal."

Spanish

pedestal

pedestal is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "pedestal."

Practice

1 What does pedestal mean?

2 Fill the gap: A estátua no ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pedestal?

noun

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