pedal
English
Pronunciation
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) a foot or footlike part.
- (music) An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
- (equestrian, 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
- sostenuto pedal
- sustaining pedal
Related terms
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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
Translations
References
- “pedal” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
- “pedal” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Catalan
Further reading
- “pedal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
pedal m (definite singular pedalen, indefinite plural pedaler, definite plural pedalene)
- a pedal
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
pedal m (definite singular pedalen, indefinite plural pedalar, definite plural pedalane)
- a pedal
Derived terms
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈdal/, [peˈðal]
Synonyms
- (drunkenness): See Thesaurus:borrachera.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pedal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Noun
pedal c
- pedal; a lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano
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