different between pedial vs pedal

English

Adjective

pedial (not comparable)

1. Relating to the foot; pedal.
   • 1848, James Dwight Dana, Manual of Mineralogy

     Pedial class

Anagrams

• Pleiad, aliped, elapid, plaide, pleiad

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