dais
pronunciation
How to pronounce dais in British English:
UK [ˈdeɪɪs]
How to pronounce dais in American English:
US [ˈdeɪs, ˈdaɪ-, des]
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- Noun:
- a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
Word Origin
- dais
- dais: [13] Ultimately, dais and disc are the same word. Both came from Latin discus ‘quoit’, which by medieval times had come to mean ‘table’ (see DESK). Its Old French descendant was deis, which was borrowed into Middle English as deis. It died out in English around 1600, but it survived in Scottish English, and was revived in England by antiquarians, its spelling based on the modern French form dais. Historically it is a monosyllabic word, and the modern two-syllable pronunciation represents an attempt to render the unfamiliar French word.=> desk, disc, dish
- dais (n.)
- mid-13c., from Anglo-French deis, Old French dais "table, platform," from Latin discus "disk-shaped object," also, by medieval times, "table," from Greek diskos "quoit, disk, dish" (see disk (n.)). Died out in English c. 1600, preserved in Scotland, revived 19c. by antiquarians.
Example
- 1. From a specially raised dais , speakers praised the young rebel fighters late into the evening .
- 2. He hurried from the dais , leaving maughan , astonished , twisting in the wind alone .
- 3. In the last debate and doubtless on tuesday night , when the republicans take again to the dais candidates accused the fed of fuelling inflation .
- 4. The sight of the empty green dais was spine - tingling , especially given the historical connotations : bernstein led the phil to the soviet union in 1959 .
- 5. On the dais , the girls were seated next to barack obama 's sister , maya soetoro-ng , right rear , and michelle 's mom , marian robinson , left .