pedal
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French pédale, Latin pedāl(is).
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) - Homophones: peddle, petal (some dialects)
- Rhymes: -ɛdəl, -iːdəl
Noun
editpedal (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
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Verb
editpedal (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.
Translations
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Adjective
editpedal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the foot.
Coordinate terms
editTranslations
editReferences
edit- “pedal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pedal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpedal m (plural pedals)
- pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “pedal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chavacano
editEtymology
editInherited from Spanish pedal (“pedal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpedal
Galician
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin pedalis.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpedal m (plural pedais)
References
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pedal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pedal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pedal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Indonesian
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Dutch pedaal, from French pédale, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpedal
- 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
editEtymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpêdal
- 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
editEtymology
editNoun
editpedal m (definite singular pedalen, indefinite plural pedaler, definite plural pedalene)
- a pedal
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “pedal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
editpedal m (definite singular pedalen, indefinite plural pedalar, definite plural pedalane)
- a pedal
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “pedal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin pedālis.[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Noun
editpedal m (plural pedais)
- pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editAdjective
editpedal m or f (plural pedais, not comparable)
- Synonym of podal
References
edit- ^ “pedal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “pedal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpedal m (plural pedales)
- pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)
- (colloquial) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “pedal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
editNoun
editpedal 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
editDerived terms
editTagalog
editAlternative forms
edit- pidal — sense 1 only
Etymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /peˈdal/ [pɛˈd̪al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: pe‧dal
Noun
editpedál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜎ᜔)
- pedal (foot lever)
- (music) pedal; effects unit
Related terms
editFurther 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
- English terms derived from French
- English terms borrowed from Latin
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- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɛdəl
- Rhymes:English/ɛdəl/2 syllables
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- en:Bicycle parts
- Catalan terms borrowed from Latin
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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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- 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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- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/al
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