pedal B2 Topic:Transportation US /ˈpɛdəl/ See IPA manual Homophones peddle /ˈpɛdəl/ Freq #11054 Meanings 1 noun A lever you press with your foot to control or power a machine such as a bicycle, car, or piano. There are three pedals in a car with a manual gearbox. 2 verb To push the pedals of a bicycle to make it move. He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill. 3 adj Relating to the feet. The doctor examined a problem in his pedal joints. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a lever you press with your... foot leverfoot pedaltreadle Word family Forms pedaledpedalingpedalledpedallerpedallingpedals Derived forms ambipedalback-pedalbackpedalcarpopedalcerebropedalequipedalfootpedalhexapedalhydropedalinterpedalintrapedallateropedal Common collocations clutch pedal Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from French pédale, Latin pedāl(is). By surface analysis, ped- + -al. *ped- Proto-Indo-European pedālis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # pedal **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpɛdəl/ **Frequency rank:** 11054 ## Meanings 1. A lever you press with your foot to control or power a machine such as a bicycle, car, or piano. 2. To push the pedals of a bicycle to make it move. 3. Relating to the feet. ## Examples - There are three pedals in a car with a manual gearbox. - He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill. - The doctor examined a problem in his pedal joints. ## Derived Forms - ambipedal - back-pedal - backpedal - carpopedal - cerebropedal - equipedal - footpedal - hexapedal - hydropedal - interpedal - intrapedal - lateropedal ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ped- - Root: pedālis ## Etymology Borrowed from French pédale, Latin pedāl(is). By surface analysis, ped- + -al. ## AI Etymology Pedal was borrowed from French pédale, Latin pedāl(is). By surface analysis, ped- + -al. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *ped- and Latin pedālis. Modern senses include a lever you press with your foot to control or power a machine such as a bicycle, car, or piano and to push the pedals of a bicycle to make it move. The wider word family includes derivatives such as ambipedal, back-pedal, backpedal, carpopedal, cerebropedal, and equipedal. ## Topics - Transportation markdown