adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the foot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pedal
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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/ˈpɛdəl/
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pēdʹəl
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/ˈpiːdəl/
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homophone: peddle
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homophone: petal (some dialects)
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rhymes with -ɛdəl
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rhymes with -iːdəl
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pĕdʹəl
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CMU ARPABET: P EH1 D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.
- A piano usually has two or three pedals.
- the pedal of a loom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A stirrup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous
Topics: equestrianism, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The ranks of pipes played from the pedal-board of an organ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- A small organ commonly has only one or two ranks on the pedal.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- to pedal one's loom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To operate a bicycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 9
of or relating to the feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
a lever that is operated with the foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: treadle, foot pedal, foot lever
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lever
Narrower terms: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun, brake pedal, clutch, clutch pedal, soft pedal, sustaining pedal, loud pedal
noun
Meaning 11
a sustained bass note
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pedal point
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: note, musical note, tone
verb
Meaning 12
operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: operate, control
verb
Meaning 13
ride a bicycle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bicycle, cycle, bike, wheel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ride
Narrower terms: unicycle, backpedal
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French pédale, Latin pedāl(is). By surface analysis, ped- + -al.
Across languages
Translations
129 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قَدَمِيّ (qadamiyy) — of or relating to the foot
- Belarusian: нажны́ (nažný) — of or relating to the foot
- Bulgarian: но́жен (nóžen) — of or relating to the foot
- Czech: nožní — of or relating to the foot
- French: pédal — of or relating to the foot
- German: Fuß- — of or relating to the foot
- Macedonian: ножен (nožen) — of or relating to the foot
- Polish: nożny — of or relating to the foot
- Portuguese: podal — of or relating to the foot
- Portuguese: pedal — of or relating to the foot
- Russian: ножно́й (nožnój) — of or relating to the foot
- Spanish: podal — of or relating to the foot
- Tamil: மிதி (miti) — of or relating to the foot
- Ukrainian: но́жний (nóžnyj) — of or relating to the foot
- Afrikaans: pedaal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Albanian: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Arabic: دَوَّاسَة (dawwāsa) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܵܘܣܵܐ (dāwsā) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Armenian: պեդալ (pedal) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Armenian: ոտնակ (otnak) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Azerbaijani: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Belarusian: педа́ль (pjedálʹ) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Belarusian: пэда́ль (pedálʹ) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Bengali: প্যাডেল (pêḍel) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Bulgarian: педа́л (pedál) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Burmese: ခြေနင်း (hkrenang:) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Catalan: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Chinese Mandarin: 踏板 (tàbǎn) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Chinese Mandarin: 腳蹬子 /脚蹬子 (jiǎodēngzi) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Chinese Mandarin: 腳蹬 /脚蹬 (jiǎodēng) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Czech: pedál — lever operated by one’s foot
- Danish: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Dutch: pedaal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Esperanto: pedalo — lever operated by one’s foot
- Estonian: pedaal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Finnish: poljin — lever operated by one’s foot
- Finnish: pedaali — lever operated by one’s foot
- French: pédale — lever operated by one’s foot
- Galician: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Georgian: პედალი (ṗedali) — lever operated by one’s foot
- German: Pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- German: Fußhebel — lever operated by one’s foot
- Hebrew: פֵּדָל (pedál) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Hindi: पेडल (peḍal) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Hungarian: pedál — lever operated by one’s foot
- Icelandic: fótstig — lever operated by one’s foot
- Ido: pedalo — lever operated by one’s foot
- Indonesian: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Irish: troitheán — lever operated by one’s foot
- Italian: pedale — lever operated by one’s foot
- Japanese: ペダル (pedaru) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Kazakh: педаль (pedal) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Khmer: ឈ្នាន់ (chnŏən) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Korean: 페달 (pedal) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Northern Kurdish: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Kyrgyz: педаль (pedal) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Lao: ເຄື່ອງຖີບ (khư̄ang thīp) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Latin: insilia — lever operated by one’s foot
- Latvian: pedālis — lever operated by one’s foot
- Lithuanian: pedalas — lever operated by one’s foot
- Macedonian: педа́л (pedál) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Malay: rakap — lever operated by one’s foot
- Malay: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Malay: injak — lever operated by one’s foot
- Manx: coshal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Māori: takahi — lever operated by one’s foot
- Māori: taumanu — lever operated by one’s foot
- Mongolian: дөрөө (döröö) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Mongolian: гишгүүр (gišgüür) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Norman: pédale — lever operated by one’s foot
- Norwegian Bokmål: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Norwegian Nynorsk: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Pashto: پایډل (pāyḍál) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Pashto: پيډل (payḍál) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Persian: رکاب (rekâb) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Persian: پدال (pedâl) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Polish: pedał — lever operated by one’s foot
- Portuguese: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Romanian: pedală — lever operated by one’s foot
- Russian: педа́ль (pedálʹ) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Scottish Gaelic: casachan — lever operated by one’s foot
- Scottish Gaelic: troighean — lever operated by one’s foot
- Serbo-Croatian: педа́ла — lever operated by one’s foot
- Serbo-Croatian: pedála — lever operated by one’s foot
- Slovak: pedál — lever operated by one’s foot
- Slovene: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Spanish: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Swahili: kanyagio — lever operated by one’s foot
- Swahili: pedeli — lever operated by one’s foot
- Swedish: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Swedish: trampa — lever operated by one’s foot
- Tajik: педал (pedal) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Tamil: மிதி (miti) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Thai: คันเหยียบ (kan-yìiap) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Tibetan: རྐང་རྟེན (rkang rten) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Tooro: ekigere class 7 — lever operated by one’s foot
- Turkish: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Turkish: ayaklık — lever operated by one’s foot
- Ottoman Turkish: پهدال (pedal) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Turkmen: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Ukrainian: педа́ль (pedálʹ) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Urdu: پیڈل (peḍal) — lever operated by one’s foot
- Uzbek: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Vietnamese: bàn đạp — lever operated by one’s foot
- Vilamovian: pedaoł — lever operated by one’s foot
- Welsh: pedal — lever operated by one’s foot
- Catalan: pedalejar — to operate a pedal
- Catalan: pedalar — to operate a pedal
- Dutch: trappen — to operate a pedal
- Esperanto: pedali — to operate a pedal
- Finnish: polkea — to operate a pedal
- French: pédaler — to operate a pedal
- Galician: pedalear — to operate a pedal
- German: pedalieren — to operate a pedal
- German: in die Pedale treten — to operate a pedal
- Ido: pedalagar — to operate a pedal
- Irish: troitheánaigh — to operate a pedal
- Italian: pedalare — to operate a pedal
- Macedonian: педали́ра (pedalíra) — to operate a pedal
- Polish: pedałować — to operate a pedal
- Portuguese: pedalar — to operate a pedal
- Romanian: pedala — to operate a pedal
- Russian: педали́ровать (pedalírovatʹ) — to operate a pedal
- Spanish: pedalear — to operate a pedal
- Swedish: trampa — to operate a pedal
- Tamil: மிதி (miti) — to operate a pedal
- Ukrainian: педалюва́ти (pedaljuváty) — to operate a pedal
- Ukrainian: педалізува́ти (pedalizuváty) — to operate a pedal
- Vietnamese: đạp — to operate a pedal
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