Standard Lemma guide

moped

adj · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -əʊpt
  • UK: /məʊpt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: mōpt
  • US: /moʊpt/
  • UK: /ˈməʊ.pɛd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: mōʹpĕd
  • US: /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/
  • CMU ARPABET: M OW1 P T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M OW1 P EH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Melancholic, dejected.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He took his moped into work.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of mope

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: minibike, motorbike

History

Etymology

From mope + -ed.

Borrowed from Swedish moped.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մոպեդ (moped) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Azerbaijani: moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Basque: ziklomotor — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Belarusian: мапе́д (mapjéd) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Bulgarian: мотопе́д (motopéd) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Catalan: ciclomotor — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摩托自行車 /摩托自行车 (mótuō zìxíngchē) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Czech: moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Danish: knallert — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Dutch: brommer — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Dutch: bromfiets — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Esperanto: mopedo — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Estonian: mopeed — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Finnish: mopo — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Finnish: mopedi — two-wheeled vehicle
  • French: vélomoteur — two-wheeled vehicle
  • French: cyclomoteur — two-wheeled vehicle
  • French: mobylette — two-wheeled vehicle
  • French: mob — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Georgian: მოპედი (moṗedi) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • German: Moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • German: Motorvelo — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Greek: μοτοποδήλατο (motopodílato) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Hindi: मोपेड (mopeḍ) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Hindi: फटफटिया (phaṭphaṭiyā) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Hindi: फट (phaṭ) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Hungarian: moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Icelandic: skellinaðra — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Indonesian: moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Irish: móipéid — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Italian: motorino — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Italian: ciclomotore — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Italian: bicimotore — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Japanese: モペッド (mopeddo) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Japanese: 原付 (gentsuki) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Kazakh: мопед (moped) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Korean: 모페드 (mopedeu) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Kyrgyz: мопед (moped) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Latvian: mopēds — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Lithuanian: mopedas — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Macedonian: мопед (moped) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Malay: kapcai — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Mongolian: мопед (moped) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Persian: موتورگازی (motor-gâzi) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Polish: motorower — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Portuguese: ciclomotor — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Romanian: moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Russian: мопе́д (mopéd) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Northern Sami: mopeda — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: мопед — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Silesian: moplik — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Slovak: moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Slovene: kolo z motorjem — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Spanish: motoneta — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Spanish: motocicleta — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Spanish: ciclomotor — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Spanish: vespino — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Spanish: bicimoto — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Swedish: moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Swedish: moppe — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Thai: รถป๊อป (rót-bpɔ́p) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Thai: โมเพด (moo-pèt) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Turkish: mobilet — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Turkmen: moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Ukrainian: мопе́д (mopéd) — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Urdu: محرکاب — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Uzbek: moped — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Vietnamese: xe đạp điện — two-wheeled vehicle
  • Welsh: moped — two-wheeled vehicle