pedestal
Portuguese, noun/pe.desˈtaw/
pedestal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pedestal (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça de metal, pedra ou madeira, que sustenta uma estátua, uma coluna, etc”.
What does pedestal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepedestal (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- 2
masculinepedestal (a place of reverence or honor)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça de metal, pedra ou madeira, que sustenta uma estátua, uma coluna, etc 2. peanha 3. supedâneo 4. plinto; base
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pedestal
- pedestais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pedestal?
- Brazil /pe.desˈtaw/
- Brazil [pe.desˈtaʊ̯]
- /pe.deʃˈtaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pedestal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pedestal in Portuguese?
pedestal appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).