Pult
German (Berlin)
/pʰʊlt/
noun
Definitions
- lectern; pulpit desk or stand for a speaker, typically raised and with a tilted top
- teacher's or student's desk in a classroom or lecture theatre, sometimes raised
- music stand, conductor's stand
- control panel
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German pulpet derived from Latin pulpitum (platform, stage, tribune, pulpit, scaffold).
Origin
Latin
pulpitum
Gloss
platform, stage, tribune, pulpit, scaffold
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pulpitum Latin
- Lehrer German
- Lehrerpult German
- Mikrofon German
- Pultmikrofon German
- Redner German
- Rednerpult German
- Schaltpult German
- schalten German
- bárpult Hungarian
- pulpitus Hungarian
- pult Hungarian
- pultok Hungarian
- pultot Hungarian
- támasztja a pultot Hungarian
- pulpito Italian
- pupitre French
- пульт Russian
- púlpito Spanish, Castilian
- πολύποδα Ancient Greek
- pult Norwegian Bokmål
- pulpit Polish
- pult Norwegian Nynorsk
- pulpit Middle English
- pulpite Old French
- պուլտ Armenian
- pulpet Middle High German