peleton

English

Etymology

From the French peloton (“little ball”); compare peloton.

Noun

peleton (plural peletons)

1. [18^th Century] (obsolete, rare) A small pellet or ball.
   • 1716, Miles Davies, “Of Medals, and Writings and Writers thereupon.”, in Athenæ Britannicæ: or, A critical history of the Oxford and Cambrige writers and writings‎^[1], page 93:

     […] who continu'd still to pelter him with Heaps and Clouds of those Historical Balls or Librarian Bullets, or Pelotes or Peletons; […]

2. [current] Misspelling of peloton.
   • 2009 January 18, Christopher Clarey, “Armstrong Returns to Riding With a Purpose”, in New York Times:

     It is a tribute to the past of bicycle racing and is full of antique equipment, faded photographs and videos of sprints and peletons past.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch peloton, ultimately from French peloton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pələˈtɔn]
• Hyphenation: pê‧lê‧ton

Noun

pêlêton (plural peleton-peleton, first-person possessive peletonku, second-person possessive peletonmu, third-person possessive peletonnya)

1. (military) platoon: a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.

Alternative forms

• platun (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “peleton” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French peloton. Doublet of pluton (“platoon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈlɛ.tɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɔn
• Syllabification: pe‧le‧ton

Noun

peleton m inan

1. (cycling) peloton

Declension

Declension of peleton

	singular	plural
nominative	peleton	peletony
genitive	peletonu	peletonów
dative	peletonowi	peletonom
accusative	peleton	peletony
instrumental	peletonem	peletonami
locative	peletonie	peletonach
vocative	peletonie	peletony

Further reading

• peleton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• peleton in Polish dictionaries at PWN