pédale

See also: pedale, Pedale, and pédalé

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pe.dal/
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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis.

Noun

pédale f (plural pédales)

pedal (of bicycle)
(music) pedal (of piano, organ etc.)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Norman: pédale
→ Romanian: pedală
→ Dutch: pedaal
→ English: pedal
→ Swedish: pedal
- → Finnish: pedaali
→ Turkish: pedal

Etymology 2

Alteration of pédé, probably under the influence of the above word.

Noun

pédale f (plural pédales)

(offensive) queer, homo (homosexual man)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pédale

inflection of pédaler:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

“pédale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédale.

Noun

pédale f (plural pédales)

(Jersey) pedal

Derived terms

chanolle ès pédales (“pedal crank”)
êsseu ès pédales (“pedal crank axle”)
pédal'lie (“cycling”)

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