rostrum
English
/ˈɹɒstɹəm/, /ˈɹɑstɹəm/
noun
Definitions
- A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer.
- A platform for a film or television camera.
- The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme.
- (zoology) The beak.
- (zoology) The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils.
- (zoology) The snout of a dolphin.
- (anatomy) The oral or nasal region of a human used for anatomical location (i.e. rostral)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rōstrum (beak, snout) derived from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- (scratch, gnaw, scrape), *reh₁d- (scratch, gnaw, scrape).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*reh₁d-
Gloss
scratch, gnaw, scrape
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rostroid English
- angustirostris Latin
- cavirostris Latin
- curvirostris Latin
- latirostris Latin
- magnirostris Latin
- nigrirostris Latin
- parvirostris Latin
- radula Latin
- rallum Latin
- rastrum Latin
- rostrum Latin
- rōstrum Latin
- rostro Italian
- rostre French
- rostro Spanish, Castilian
- *reh₁d- Proto-Indo-European
- *rattaz Proto-Germanic
- rost Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- rostro Ido
- rostro Old Portuguese
- arostu Aromanian
- rostro Old Spanish