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pedalo

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdələʊ/
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noun

Meaning 1

A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pedalboat, paddleboat

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédalo, a genericized trademark. By surface analysis, pedal + -o.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ջրային հեծանիվ (ǰrayin hecaniv) — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Basque: pedalontzi — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Basque: uretako bizikleta — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Bulgarian: во́дно колело́ (vódno koleló) — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Catalan: patí de pedals — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Catalan: velomar — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腳踏船 /脚踏船 (jiǎotàchuán) — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Czech: šlapadlo — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Danish: vandcykel — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Dutch: waterfiets — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Dutch: trapboot — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Esperanto: pedalboato — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Esperanto: tretboato — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Finnish: polkuvene — small boat propelled by pedals
  • French: pédalo — small boat propelled by pedals
  • French: pédal'eau — small boat propelled by pedals
  • French: bateau à pédales — small boat propelled by pedals
  • German: Tretboot — small boat propelled by pedals
  • German: Pedalo — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Greek: πενταλό (pentaló) — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Greek: θαλάσσιο ποδήλατο (thalássio podílato) — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Greek: ποδήλατο (podílato) — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Hebrew: סירת פדלים (sirát pedálim) — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Hungarian: vízibicikli — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Italian: pedalò — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Macedonian: педали́нка (pedalínka) — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Polish: rower wodny — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Portuguese: pedalinho — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Portuguese: cisne — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Portuguese: gaivota — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Russian: во́дный велосипе́д (vódnyj velosipéd) — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Russian: педа́ло (pedálo) — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Serbo-Croatian: педа̀лӣна — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Serbo-Croatian: pedàlīna — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Slovene: pedalino — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Slovene: pedalni čôln — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Spanish: hidropedal — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Spanish: velomar — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Spanish: pedalo — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Spanish: pedalina — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Spanish: pedaleta — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Spanish: patín — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Swedish: trampbåt — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Swedish: pedalbåt — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Turkish: deniz bisikleti — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Ukrainian: во́дний велосипе́д (vódnyj velosypéd) — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Ukrainian: катамара́н (katamarán) — small boat propelled by pedals
  • Vietnamese: thuyền đạp — small boat propelled by pedals