English-Dutch translations for podium

• bok
• podium
  Diepgeëmotioneerd sta ik hier vandaag op dit podium. It is with deep emotion that I stand here on this podium today.
  Vandaag sta ik voor de derde keer op dit podium om over het Stabiliteitspact te spreken. Today is the third time I have stood on this podium in order to speak on the Stability Pact.
  Mijnheer Watson, ik begrijp dat het een grote fout was om van dit podium te spreken. President-in-Office of the Council. - (FR) I understand that my big mistake, Mr Watson, was to have spoken from this podium.
• spreekgestoelte
  Deze plaats bevindt zich midden in dit Huis, achter het spreekgestoelte, want u bent de Raad, de Commissie en tevens het Parlement. This place is in the middle of this Chamber, behind the podium, because you are the Council, the Commission and also Parliament.
  Dat neemt niet zoveel ruimte in beslag, zo'n beetje zoals de ruimte hier voor het spreekgestoelte, dus ongeveer tien kubieke meter.Imagine 10 000 tonnes of liquid mercury. It would not take up much room, in fact it would fit in the space here in front of the podium - it corresponds to a volume of 10 cubic metres.

Definition of podium

• A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit
• A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize
• A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall
• A foot or footstalk
• To finish in the top three at an event or competition

Examples

• The swimmer podiumed three times at the Olympics

Related words

• pseudopodium
• parapodium
• acropodium
• filopodium
• metapodium
• sympodium
• neuropodium
• notopodium
• acanthopodium