See also: Moped and mo-ped

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From mope +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -əʊpt
  • (UK) IPA(key): /məʊpt/
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  • (US) enPR: mōpt, IPA(key): /moʊpt/

Verb edit

moped

  1. simple past and past participle of mope

Adjective edit

moped (comparative more moped, superlative most moped)

  1. 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

 
Honda PA50 step-through moped (European market)

Borrowed from Swedish moped.

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Noun edit

moped (plural mopeds)

  1. 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.
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Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Swedish moped.

Noun edit

moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopeder, definite plural mopedene)

  1. a moped

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Etymology edit

From Swedish moped.

Noun edit

moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopedar, definite plural mopedane)

  1. a moped

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English moped.

Noun edit

moped n (plural mopeduri)

  1. moped

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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

  1. a moped (vehicle)
    Synonym: (colloquial) moppe

Declension edit

Declension of moped 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative moped mopeden mopeder mopederna
Genitive mopeds mopedens mopeders mopedernas

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