/ ˈdeɪɪs; NAmE / noun
a stage, especially at one end of a room, on which people stand to make speeches to an audience
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (originally denoting a raised table for distinguished guests): from Old French deis , from Latin discus disc or dish (later table). Little used after the Middle English period, the word was revived by antiquarians in the early 19th cent. and pronounced as two syllables.