pedal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French pédale, Latin pedālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (noun, verb) enPR: pĕdʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈpɛdəl/
Audio (UK) (file) - (adjective) enPR: pēdʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈpiːdəl/ or as the noun
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛdəl, -iːdəl
- Homophones: peddle, petal (some dialects)
Noun[edit]
pedal (plural pedals)
- 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
- (medicine) an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.
- (music) An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
- (equestrianism, humorous) A stirrup.
- (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[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
lever operated by one's foot
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Verb[edit]
pedal (third-person singular simple present pedals, present participle (UK) pedalling or (US) pedaling, simple past and past participle (UK) pedalled or (US) pedaled)
- To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.
- to pedal one's loom
- To operate a bicycle.
- He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.
Translations[edit]
to operate a pedal
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Adjective[edit]
pedal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the foot.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of or relating to the foot
References[edit]
- “pedal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “pedal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pedal m (plural pedals)
- pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “pedal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chavacano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pedal
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pedal m (plural pedais)
References[edit]
- “pedal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pedal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pedal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pedal m (definite singular pedalen, indefinite plural pedaler, definite plural pedalene)
- a pedal
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “pedal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pedal m (definite singular pedalen, indefinite plural pedalar, definite plural pedalane)
- a pedal
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “pedal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin pedālis.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pedal m (plural pedais)
- pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pedal m or f (plural pedais, not comparable)
- Synonym of podal
References[edit]
- ^ “pedal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- ^ “pedal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pedal m (plural pedales)
- pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)
- (colloquial) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “pedal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
pedal c
- pedal; a lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano
Declension[edit]
Declension of pedal | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pedal | pedalen | pedaler | pedalerna |
Genitive | pedals | pedalens | pedalers | pedalernas |
Derived terms[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- pidal – sense 1 only
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pedál
- pedal (foot lever)
- (music) pedal; effects unit
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “pedal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
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