pedal
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (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
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
- 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
lever operated by one’s foot
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Verb
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.
Translations
to operate a pedal
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Adjective
pedal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the foot.
Coordinate terms
Translations
References
- “pedal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pedal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pedal m (plural pedals)
- pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pedal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pedal
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pedalis.
Pronunciation
Noun
pedal m (plural pedais)
- pedal
- Synonym: pegueira
References
- 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
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Dutch pedaal, from French pédale, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- berpedal
- pedal gas
- pedal kopling
- pedal pemacu
- pedal pemercepat
- pedal rem
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
pêdal
- Alternative form of empedal
Further reading
- “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.
Etymology
Noun
pedal m (definite singular pedalen, indefinite plural pedaler, definite plural pedalene)
- a pedal
Derived terms
References
- “pedal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Etymology
Noun
pedal m (definite singular pedalen, indefinite plural pedalar, definite plural pedalane)
- a pedal
Derived terms
References
- “pedal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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