rostrum

n., pl., ros·trums, or ros·tra (rŏs'trə, rô'strə).

1. A dais, pulpit, or other elevated platform for public speaking.
2. 1. The curved, beaklike prow of an ancient Roman ship, especially a war galley.
   2. The speaker's platform in an ancient Roman forum, which was decorated with the prows of captured enemy ships.
3. Biology. A beaklike or snoutlike projection.

[Latin rōstrum, beak.]

rostral ros'tral (-trəl) adj.

A platform, elevated area, pulpit, or the like for addressing an audience.

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Pl. rostra [L.]
1. a beak-shaped process.
2. the most anterior part of the body.

• nasal r. — snout; apex of the nostrils and upper lip.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.

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IN BRIEF: A stage or raised platform for public speaking.

The professor lectured from the rostrum in the auditorium.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - talerstol, podium, dirigentpult, sejrsskammel (sport), [zool.] næblignende fremspring

Nederlands (Dutch)
spreekgestoelte

Français (French)
n. - tribune, estrade, podium

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rednerpult, Podium

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βήμα (ρήτορα), άμβωνας

Italiano (Italian)
cattedra, podio, rostro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tribuna (f)

Русский (Russian)
трибуна, кафедра

Español (Spanish)
n. - tribuna

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - talarstol, prispall, (zool) snabelliknande mun

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
讲台, 演讲者, 演讲, 喙

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 講台, 演講者, 演講, 喙

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 연단, 연설가, 부리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 演壇, 指揮台, 演説家, 演説, くちばし, 船嘴

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منبر خطابه, منقار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דוכן-נואמים, במה, מקור, חרטום‬

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