moped
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -əʊpt
- (UK) IPA(key): /məʊpt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: mōpt, IPA(key): /moʊpt/
Verb edit
moped
- simple past and past participle of mope
Adjective edit
moped (comparative more moped, superlative most moped)
- Melancholic, dejected.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter I, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition iii, section 1, member 2:
- it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad […]
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moped (plural mopeds)
- A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.
- He was drunk again and moped, whining at length about his moped.
Translations edit
two-wheeled vehicle
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See also edit
Further reading edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopeder, definite plural mopedene)
- a moped
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “moped” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopedar, definite plural mopedane)
- a moped
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “moped” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
moped n (plural mopeduri)
Declension edit
Declension of moped
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) moped | mopedul | (niște) mopeduri | mopedurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) moped | mopedului | (unor) mopeduri | mopedurilor |
vocative | mopedule | mopedurilor |
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Blend of motor + pedaler (“pedals”). Coined by motor journalist Harald Nielsen in 1952 in the magazine Motor from tramp-cykel med motor och pedaler ("bicycle with engine and pedals").
Noun edit
moped c
Declension edit
Declension of moped | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | moped | mopeden | mopeder | mopederna |
Genitive | mopeds | mopedens | mopeders | mopedernas |