rostrum
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rostrum
- /ˈɹɒstɹəm/ UK
- /ˈɹɑstɹəm/ US
- /ˈɹɔs-/ US
Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒstɹəm, (General American) -ɑstɹəm
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin rōstrum (“beak, snout”), from rōd(ō) (“gnaw”) + -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- + *-trom. The pulpit sense is a back-formation from the name of the Roman Rōstra, the platforms in the Forum where politicians made speeches. The Rōstra were decorated with (and named for) the beaks (prows) of ships from naval victories.
noun rostra · rostrums
- A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer. He saw a crowd listening to a man who was talking from the rostrum of a kitchen-chair.
- A platform for a film or television camera.
- The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme.
- The beak.
- The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils. I once saw two males fighting together; each had a fore-leg laid across the neck of the other, and the rostrum bent quite in an attitude of defiance, and looking most ridiculous. Another time, two were fighting for a female, who stood close by busy at her boring. They pushed at each other with their
- The snout of a dolphin.
- The oral or nasal region of a human used for anatomical location (i.e. rostral).
- Any beak-like extension.
- The inner segment of the coronal lobes in asclepiads.
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noun dais, pulpit, or similar platform
| Español | púlpito |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 上段 jōdan |
| 中文 | 講壇 /讲坛 jiǎngtán, 講臺 /讲台 jiǎngtái |
| Kiswahili | jukwaa |
| Français | chaire |
| Italiano | rostro, pulpito |
| Русский | трибу́на tribúna, ка́федра káfedra |
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title = {rostrum},
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