No. 16,038 in Russian
пьедестала
"Pedestal" or "podium."
In a sentence
Я должен поднять это на новый уровень, на пьедестал.
I need to raise this to a new level, to a pedestal.
Here, "пьедестал" is used metaphorically to describe achieving greatness or exalting something.
Она сошла с пьедестала, чтобы поговорить с нами.
She stepped down from the pedestal to talk to us.
In this sentence, "пьедестал" symbolizes a high position or status from which someone descends to connect on a personal level.
Скульптура должна быть установлена на пьедестале.
The sculpture needs to be installed on the pedestal.
Here, "пьедестал" refers literally to the physical base supporting a sculpture.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “пьедестала” in actual Russian podcasts.
Find “пьедестала” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Russian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into русский, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Russian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).