rostrum

Other forms of rostrum

plural

rostra

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rostrum

What does rostrum mean?

rostrum means "a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rostrum?

rostrum has 2 syllables: ro-strum. The stress falls on "ro". In IPA it is /ˈɹɑstɹəm/.

What is another word for rostrum?

Close synonyms include dais, podium, pulpit, ambo, stump. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rostrum a common word?

rostrum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.