pedal
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French pédale, Latin pedālis.
Pronunciation edit
- (noun, verb) enPR: pĕdʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈpɛdəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (adjective) enPR: pēdʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈpiːdəl/ or as the noun
Audio (Southern England): (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
- back-pedal
- backpedal
- back pedal brake
- brake pedal
- clutch pedal
- combination pedal
- gas pedal
- go pedal
- loop pedal
- pedal bin
- pedal bone
- pedal car
- pedal curve
- pedal cycle
- pedal cyclist
- pedal keyboard
- pedal note
- pedal point
- pedal pusher
- pedal pushers
- pedal squares
- pedal steel
- pedal steel guitar
- pedal steel guitarist
- pedal stool
- pedal-stool
- pedal stroke
- pedal to the metal
- put pedal to the metal
- put the pedal to the metal
- soft-pedal
- soft-pedal, soft pedal
- sostenuto pedal
- sustaining pedal
- una corda pedal
- wah pedal
- wah-wah pedal
Translations edit
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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.
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Adjective edit
pedal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the foot.
Coordinate terms edit
Translations edit
References edit
- “pedal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “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
Inherited from Spanish pedal (“pedal”).
Noun edit
pedal
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin pedalis.
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.
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Dutch pedaal, from French pédale, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pedal
- pedal (a lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pêdal
- Alternative form of empedal
Further reading edit
- “pedal” 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.
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, 2003–2024.
- ^ “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
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /peˈdal/ [pɛˈdal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: pe‧dal
Noun edit
pedál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜎ᜔)
- pedal (foot lever)
- (music) pedal; effects unit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pedal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-
- English terms borrowed from French
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- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɛdəl
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- en:Equestrianism
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- en:Bicycle parts
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- Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/dal
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- Indonesian lemmas
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/al
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/aw
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- pt:Bicycle parts
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Spanish/al
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/al
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