different between bike vs pedal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?k/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): [b??k]
• Rhymes: -a?k

Etymology 1

From bicycle, by shortening, and possibly alteration. Attested from 1882.

One explanation for the pronunciation is that bicycle is parsed to bi(cy)c(le). An alternative explanation is that bicycle is shortened to bic(ycle), and the terminal [s] is converted to a [k] because there is an underlying underspecified [k]/[s] sound, which is softened to [s] in bicycle but retained as [k] in bike; compare the letter ‘c’ (used for [k]/[s]).

Noun

bike (plural bikes)

1. Clipping of bicycle.
2. Clipping of motorbike.
3. (slang, derogatory) Ellipsis of village bike

   Synonyms: slapper, slag

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Italian: bike f
• ? Norman: bike f

Translations

See also

• trike

Further reading

• bike on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Verb

bike (third-person singular simple present bikes, present participle biking, simple past and past participle biked)

1. To ride a bike.

2. To travel by bike.

3. (transitive) To transport by bicycle

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bike, byke (“a nest of wild bees or wasps", also "honeycomb”). Of Unknown origin. Perhaps a back-formation of Middle English *bykere (“beekeeper”), from Old English b?ocere (“beekeeper”); or from Old English *b?c a byform of Old English b?c (“belly; vessel; container”). Compare also Old Norse bý (“bee”).

Noun

bike (plural bikes)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A hive of bees, or a nest of wasps, hornets, or ants.
   • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 107:

     he stood for a minute talking to them about their job of gathering cones, and telling them a story about a tree he'd once climbed which had a wasp's byke in it unbeknown to him.

2. (chiefly Scotland, by extension, collective) A crowd of people.

Anagrams

• Beki, kibe

Basque

Etymology

From Latin pix.

Noun

bike inan

1. pitch

Farefare

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bí.ké/

Verb

bike

1. shake, move

   Mam yet? m yõk? la foote, z? s?m da bike

   I'm going to take a photo, keep still, and do not move

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bike.

Noun

bike f (invariable)

1. motorbike, motorcycle

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English bike.

Noun

bike f (plural bikes)

1. (Jersey) bicycle

Derived terms

Northern Kurdish

Verb

bike

1. third-person singular future of kirin

Slovene

Noun

bike

1. accusative plural of bik

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédale, Latin ped?lis.

Pronunciation

• (noun, verb) enPR: p?d??l, IPA^(key): /?p?d?l/
• (adjective) enPR: p?d??l, IPA^(key): /?pi?d?l/ or as the noun
• Rhymes: -?d?l, -i?d?l
• 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) an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.
3. (music) An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
4. (equestrianism, 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

Related terms

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

• manual, relating to the hand

Translations

References

• “pedal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pedal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• padel, padle, paled, plead

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ped?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /p??dal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pe?dal/

Noun

pedal m (plural pedals)

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

Derived terms

• pedalar
• pedalejar

Further reading

• “pedal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

• bremsepedal
• gasspedal

References

• “pedal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin pedalis

Noun

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

1. a pedal

Derived terms

• bremsepedal
• gasspedal

References

• “pedal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ped?lis.

Noun

pedal m (plural pedais)

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

Derived terms

• pedalar

Further reading

• “pedal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ped?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?dal/, [pe?ð?al]

Noun

pedal m (plural pedales)

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Derived terms

• pedalear

Further reading

• “pedal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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