pedal

See also: pédal, pedál, Pedal, and pedał

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédale, Italian pedale, Latin pedālis.

Pronunciation
  • (noun, verb) enPR: pĕdʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈpɛdəl/
  • (adjective) enPR: pēdʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈpiːdəl/ or as the noun
  • Rhymes: -ɛdəl, -iːdəl
  • Homophones: peddle, petal (some dialects)

Noun

pedal (plural pedals)

  1. 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
  2. (medicine) a foot or footlike part.
  3. (music) An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
  4. (equestrian, humorous) A stirrup.
  5. (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
  • sostenuto pedal
  • sustaining pedal
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Translations

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)

  1. To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.
    to pedal one's loom
  2. To operate a bicycle.
    He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.

Translations

Adjective

pedal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the foot.

Coordinate terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pedālis.

Pronunciation

Noun

pedal m (plural pedals)

  1. pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)

Derived terms

Further reading

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish pedal (“pedal”).

Noun

pedal

  1. pedal

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin pedalis

Noun

pedal m (definite singular pedalen, indefinite plural pedaler, definite plural pedalene)

  1. a pedal

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin pedalis

Noun

pedal m (definite singular pedalen, indefinite plural pedalar, definite plural pedalane)

  1. a pedal

Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pedālis.

Noun

pedal m (plural pedais)

  1. pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pedālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /peˈdal/, [peˈðal]

Noun

pedal m (plural pedales)

  1. pedal (lever operated by one’s foot)
  2. (colloquial) drunkenness

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

pedal c

  1. pedal; a lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano

Declension
Declension of pedal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pedal pedalen pedaler pedalerna
Genitive pedals pedalens pedalers pedalernas
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