pedal

See also Pedal, and pedał

English

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Pronunciation

• (noun) enPR: pĕdʹəl, IPA: /ˈpɛdəl/, SAMPA: /"pEd@l/
• (adjective) enPR: pēdʹəl, IPA: /ˈpiːdəl/, SAMPA: /"pi:d@l/ or as the noun
• Rhymes: -ɛdəl
• Rhymes: -iːdəl

Etymology

From French pédale, Italian pedale, Latin pedālis

Noun

pedal (plural pedals)

1. A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano

   There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.

   A piano usually has two or three pedals.

   the pedal of a loom

2. (medicine) a foot or footlike part.

Derived terms

• pedal pushers
• soft pedal
• sostenuto pedal
• sustaining pedal

Translations

lever operated by one's foot

Armenian: պեդալ (hy) (pedal), ոտնակ (hy) (otnak) Belarusian: педаль (be) (pedál') f. Catalan: pedal (ca) m. Czech: pedál (cs) m. Finnish: poljin (fi), (in instruments) pedaali (fi) French: pédale (fr) f. German: Pedal (de) n. Hungarian: pedál (hu) Irish: troitheán (ga) m. Italian: pedale (it) m. Macedonian: педала (mk) (pedála) f.

Manx: coshal (gv) Polish: pedał (pl) m. Portuguese: pedal (pt) m. Russian: педаль (ru) (pedál') f. Scottish Gaelic: casachan (gd) f., troighean (gd) m. Spanish: pedal (es) m. Swedish: pedal (sv) c., trampa (sv) c. Turkish: pedal (tr), ayaklık (tr) Ukrainian: педаль (uk) (pedál') f.

Verb

pedal (third-person singular simple present pedals, present participle pedalling (UK) or pedaling (US), simple past and past participle pedalled (UK) or pedaled (US))

1. To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.

   to pedal one's loom

2. To operate a bicycle.

   He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.

Translations

to operate a pedal

Catalan: pedalejar (ca) Finnish: polkea (fi) French: pédaler (fr) Irish: troitheánaigh (ga) Italian: pedalare (it)

Macedonian: педалира (mk) (pedalíra) Polish: pedałować (pl) Spanish: pedalear (es) Swedish: trampa (sv)

Adjective

pedal (comparative more pedal, superlative most pedal)

1. Of or relating to the foot.

Coordinate terms

• manual, relating to the hand

Anagrams

• padel
• paled
• plead

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Spanish

Noun

pedal m. (plural pedales)

1. pedal

Derived terms

• pedalear

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Swedish

Noun

pedal c.

1. pedal; a lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano

Declension

Declension of pedal

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pedal	pedalen	pedaler	pedalerna
genitive	pedals	pedalens	pedalers	pedalernas