different between saddle vs pedal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæd?l/, [?sædl?]
• Rhymes: -æd?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sod-d?lo-, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”) + *-d?lom (instrumental suffix). Cognate with Scots sadil, Saterland Frisian Soadel, West Frisian seal, Dutch zadel, Low German Sadel, German Sattel, Danish sadel, Swedish sadel, Icelandic söðull, Russian ?????? (sedló).

Noun

saddle (plural saddles)

2. A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
3. An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
4. A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.
5. A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
   • 1870, The Cook and Housewife's Manual (5th edition)

     A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout: or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup […]
6. A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 483:

     With Lizzie leading, they scrambled quickly over several false peaks towards the saddle.

7. (mining) A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, especially in Australia.
8. The raised floorboard in a doorway.
9. (construction) A small tapered or sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
10. (nautical) A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
11. (engineering) A part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
12. The clitellum of an earthworm.
13. Any of the saddle-like markings on a boa constrictor.
14. A saddle shoe.
    • 1972, Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (page 56)

      'Brown-and-white saddles for Fudge and loafers for Peter.'
      'OK, Peter... let's see how those feet have grown.'
      I slipped out of my old shoes and stood up.

15. (music, lutherie) That part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations via the bridge to the soundboard.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English sadelen, from Old English sadolian, from Proto-Germanic *sadul?n?.

Verb

saddle (third-person singular simple present saddles, present participle saddling, simple past and past participle saddled)

1. (transitive) To put a saddle on (an animal).
2. To get into a saddle.
3. (transitive) To burden or encumber.

Translations

See also

• sidle

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (sadoru)

References

• “saddle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• addles, daleds

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