lectern

English

Alternative forms

• lettern (archaic)

Etymology

15th century partial re-Latinization of early 14th century Middle English lettorne, lettron, from Old French leitrun, from Medieval Latin lectrinum, from Late Latin lectrum, from lectus (from whence also lecture), form of Latin legō (“I read”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛktə(ɹ)n/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)n

Noun

lectern (plural lecterns)

1. A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.
2. A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.

Usage notes

While podium is a more commonly used synonym, particularly for secular lecturing, some reject this usage and instead insist on lectern – see usage notes at podium.

Synonyms

• podium

Related terms

• lection
• lecture
• lector
• lesson

Translations

a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service

• Catalan: faristol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誦經臺／诵经台

• Czech: ambona (cs) f
• Esperanto: pupitro
• Finnish: lukuteline
• French: lutrin (fr) m
• German: Pult (de) n, Lesepult (de) n, Chorpult (de) n, Rednerpult (de) n
• Greek: αναλόγιο (el) n (analógio)
• Irish: léachtán m
• Italian: leggio (it)
• Macedonian: аналој m (analoj)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kateter (no) n

• Ottoman Turkish: رحله (rahle)
• Portuguese: atril (pt) m, leitoril (pt) m, púlpito (pt)
• Russian: анало́й (ru) m (analój)
• Spanish: atril (es) m, retril m, facistol (es) m (large)
• Swedish: predikstol (sv) c
• Tagalog: atril, pasistol
• Turkish: kürsü (tr)
• Ukrainian: анало́й (uk) m (analój)
• Welsh: darllenfa f

a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes

• Catalan: faristol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 講桌／讲桌 (zh) (jiǎngzhuō)

• Czech: řečnický pultík m
• Dutch: lessenaar (nl) m
• Finnish: puhujapönttö (fi), lehteri (fi)
• French: pupitre (fr)
• German: Pult (de) n
• Italian: leggio (it) m
• Macedonian: пулт m (pult)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: talerstol m, podium (no) n

• Polish: pulpit (pl) m, mównica (pl) f
• Portuguese: atril (pt) m, leitoril (pt) m, púlpito (pt)
• Russian: ка́федра (ru) f (káfedra), пюпи́тр (ru) m (pjupítr), пульт (ru) m (pulʹt)
• Spanish: atril (es) m, retril m, facistol (es) m (large)
• Swedish: talarstol (sv) c, podium (sv) n
• Turkish: kürsü (tr)
• Ukrainian: пюпі́тр (uk) m (pjupítr), ка́тедра (uk) f (kátedra)
• Welsh: darllenfa f, darlithell f

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• Latvian: ^{(please verify)} kancele