springboard

Noun

 * 1)  A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water.
 * 2)  A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment.
 * 3)  Anything that gives a person or thing energy or impulse, or that serves to launch or begin something.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: трамплин
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: skokanské prkno
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: trampolín
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πέτευρον
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: stökkpallur
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 飛び板, スプリングボード
 * Korean:, 스프링보드
 * Latin: petaurum
 * Maori: kauhua
 * Plautdietsch: Schwunkbrat
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: bwrdd plymio


 * Bulgarian: трамплин
 * Czech: odrazový můstek
 * Danish: springbræt
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: trampolín
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πέτευρον
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: stökkpallur
 * Irish: lingchlár
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: springbrett
 * Nynorsk: springbrett
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: منطلق
 * Czech: odrazový můstek
 * Danish: springbræt
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: stökkpallur
 * Italian:, trampolino di lancio
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: springbrett
 * Nynorsk: springbrett
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: трамплі́н

Verb

 * 1)  To launch or propel as if from a springboard, especially toward political office.