pédale
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis.
Noun
editpédale f (plural pédales)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Norman: pédale
- → Romanian: pedală
- → Dutch: pedaal
- → English: pedal
- → Swedish: pedal
- → Finnish: pedaali
- → Turkish: pedal
Etymology 2
editAlteration of pédé, probably under the influence of the above word.
Noun
editpédale f (plural pédales)
- (offensive) queer, homo (homosexual man)
- 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN:
- Toi vois les deux derrière le comptoir ? le grand Noir efféminé et la petite pédale rebeue : à Belleville, se promener comme ça, je respecte.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editpédale
- inflection of pédaler:
Further reading
edit- “pédale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editEtymology
editNoun
editpédale f (plural pédales)
Derived terms
edit- chanolle ès pédales (“pedal crank”)
- êsseu ès pédales (“pedal crank axle”)
- pédal'lie (“cycling”)
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