pedal

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See also: pédal, pedál, Pedal, and pedał

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French pédale, Latin pedālis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pedal (plural pedals)

  1. A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power 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) an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.
  3. (music) An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
  4. (equestrianism, humorous) A stirrup.
  5. (music) The ranks of pipes played from the pedal-board of an organ.
    A small organ commonly has only one or two ranks on the pedal.

Derived terms

Category English terms derived from the Mala (New Guinea) root pedal- not found

Translations

Verb

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

  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

Adjective

pedal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the foot.

Coordinate terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pedālis.

Pronunciation

Noun

pedal m (plural pedals)

  1. pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)

Derived terms

Further reading

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish pedal (“pedal”).

Noun

pedal

  1. pedal

Galician

Etymology

From Latin pedalis.

Pronunciation

Noun

pedal m (plural pedais)

  1. pedal
    Synonym: pegueira

References

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Latin pedalis.

Noun

pedal m (definite singular pedalen, indefinite plural pedaler, definite plural pedalene)

  1. a pedal

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin pedalis.

Noun

pedal m (definite singular pedalen, indefinite plural pedalar, definite plural pedalane)

  1. a pedal

Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pedālis.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈdal/ [pɨˈðaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈda.li/ [pɨˈða.li]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: pe‧dal

Noun

pedal m (plural pedais)

  1. pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)

Derived terms

Adjective

pedal m or f (plural pedais, not comparable)

  1. Synonym of podal

References

  1. ^ “pedal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “pedal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pedālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈdal/ [peˈð̞al]

Noun

pedal m (plural pedales)

  1. pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)
  2. (colloquial) drunkenness
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pedal.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pe‧dal
  • IPA(key): /peˈdal/, [pɛˈd̪al]

Noun

pedál

  1. pedal (foot lever)
  2. (music) pedal; effects unit

Further reading

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