moped

See also mo-ped

English

Pronunciation

Verb form

• (UK) IPA: /məʊpt/, SAMPA: /m@Upt/
• (US) enPR: mōpt, IPA: /moʊpt/, SAMPA: /moUpt/

Noun

• (UK) IPA: /ˈməʊ.pɛd/, SAMPA: /"m@U.pEd/
• (US) enPR: mōʹpĕd, IPA: /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/, SAMPA: /"moU.pEd/

Etymology 1

From mope +‎ -ed.

Verb

moped

1. Simple past tense and past participle of mope.

Adjective

moped (comparative more moped, superlative most moped)

1. Melancholy, dejected.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.1.2:

     it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad [...].

Etymology 2

Swedish moped

Alternative forms

• mo-ped

Noun

Wikipedia moped (plural mopeds)

1. A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.

Translations

two-wheeled vehicle

Chinese: Mandarin: 摩托自行車 (zh), 摩托自行车 (zh) (mótuō zìxíngchē) Dutch: brommer (nl), bromfiets (nl) Esperanto: mopedo (eo) Estonian: mopeed (et) Finnish: mopedi (fi) French: vélomoteur (fr) m.

German: Moped (de) n., Mofa (de) n. Italian: motorino (it) m., ciclomotore (it) m. Japanese: モペッド (ja) (mopeddo) Northern Sami: mopeda Russian: мопед (ru) (mopéd) m. Spanish: motoneta (es) f., motocicleta (es) f. Swedish: moped (sv) c., moppe (sv) c.

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Swedish

Etymology

Blend of motor and pedaler. Coined in 1952 by a Swedish motor journalist in the magazine “Motor” from tramp-cykel med motor och pedaler (“bicycle with engine and pedals”).

Noun

moped c.

1. moped (vehicle)

Declension

Declension of moped

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	moped	mopeden	mopeder	mopederna
genitive	mopeds	mopedens	mopeders	mopedernas

Related terms

• mopedist
• moppe
• EU-moppe