bipedal

English

Etymology

From biped + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (most common) /ˌbaɪˈpiːdəl/, (less common) /ˌbaɪˈpɛdəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛdəl, -iːdəl

Adjective

bipedal (not comparable)

1. Walking on two feet or two legs; biped.
   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Preliminary report on alien vessel:

     Initial reports indicate the vessel contains a large number of intelligent bipedal aliens in some form of hibernation.

2. Pertaining to a biped.

   bipedal locomotion

Synonyms

• two-footed, two-legged

Coordinate terms

• orthograde
• upright

Derived terms

• anterobipedal
• bipedalism
• bipedality
• bipedally
• nonbipedal
• semibipedal

Translations

having two feet or two legs

• Azerbaijani: ikiayaqlı
• Belarusian: двухно́гі (dvuxnóhi)
• Bengali: দুপেয়ে (dupeẏe)
• Bulgarian: двукрак (dvukrak)
• Catalan: bípede
• Czech: dvojnohý
• Finnish: kaksijalkainen (fi)
• French: bipède (fr)
• German: zweifüßig (de), bipedisch, zweibeinig, zweibeinig
• Hungarian: kétlábú (hu)
• Icelandic: tvífættur
• Indonesian: bipedal
• Latin: bipēs
• Manx: daa-chassagh, daa-choshagh
• Māori: waewae-rua
• Old English: twifēte
• Polish: dwunożny (pl), dwunogi (pl)
• Russian: двуно́гий (ru) (dvunógij)
• Spanish: bipedal
• Swedish: tvåbent (sv)
• Ukrainian: двоно́гий (dvonóhyj)
• Volapük: telfutik, follögik (vo)

pertaining to a biped or two-legged animal, being

• Azerbaijani: ikiayaqlı
• Bengali: দুপেয়ে (dupeẏe)
• Indonesian: bipedal
• Māori: waewae-rua
• Polish: dwunożny (pl)
• Spanish: bipedal
• Swedish: tvåbent (sv)
• Volapük: (♂♀) telfutafik, (♂) hitelfutafik, (♀) jitelfutafik, (♂♀) follögafik, (♂) hifollögafik, (♀) jifollögafik

See also

• quadruped
• quadrupedal

Anagrams

• piebald

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /biˈpedal/ [biˈpe.dal]
• Rhymes: -edal
• Syllabification: bi‧pe‧dal

Adjective

bipedal (comparative lebih bipedal, superlative paling bipedal)

1. (zoology) bipedal

Alternative forms

• biped

Related terms

• biped
• bipedalisme

Further reading

• “bipedal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bipeˈdal/ [bi.peˈð̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: bi‧pe‧dal

Adjective

bipedal m or f (masculine and feminine plural bipedales)

1. bipedal