piédestal

See also: piedestal, piedestał, and Piedestal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian piedestallo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pje.dɛs.tal/

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Noun

piédestal m (plural piédestaux)

1. pedestal

Derived terms

• mettre sur un piédestal
• placer sur un piédestal
• tomber de son piédestal

Descendants

• → Belarusian: п'едэста́л (pʺjedestál)
• → Bulgarian: пиедеста́л (piedestál)
• → Polish: piedestał
• → Romanian: piedestal
• → Russian: пьедеста́л (pʹjedestál)

Further reading

• “piédestal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.