peleton
English
editEtymology
editFrom the French peloton (“little ball”); compare peloton.
Noun
editpeleton (plural peletons)
- [18th Century] (obsolete, rare) A small pellet or ball.
- 1716, Miles Davies, “Of Medals, and Writings and Writers thereupon.”, in Athenæ Britannicæ: or, A critical history of the Oxford and Cambrige writers and writings[1], page 93:
- […] who continu'd still to pelter him with Heaps and Clouds of those Historical Balls or Librarian Bullets, or Pelotes or Peletons; […]
- [current] Misspelling of peloton.
- 2009 January 18, Christopher Clarey, “Armstrong Returns to Riding With a Purpose”, in New York Times:
- It is a tribute to the past of bicycle racing and is full of antique equipment, faded photographs and videos of sprints and peletons past.
Indonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Dutch peloton, ultimately from French peloton.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpêlêton (plural peleton-peleton, first-person possessive peletonku, second-person possessive peletonmu, third-person possessive peletonnya)
- (military) platoon: a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
Alternative forms
edit- platun (Standard Malay)
Further reading
edit- “peleton” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French peloton. Doublet of pluton (“platoon”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpeleton m inan
Declension
editDeclension of peleton
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | peleton | peletony |
genitive | peletonu | peletonów |
dative | peletonowi | peletonom |
accusative | peleton | peletony |
instrumental | peletonem | peletonami |
locative | peletonie | peletonach |
vocative | peletonie | peletony |
Further reading
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