Pedal

Pronunciation

• noun enPR: pÄ•dʹəl, IPA: /ˈpÉ›dÉ™l/
• adjective enPR: pÄ“dʹəl, IPA: /ˈpiːdÉ™l/ or as the noun
• Homophones: peddle, petal some dialects

Origin

From French pédale, Italian pedale, Latin pedālis

Full definition of pedal

Noun

1. A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or pianoThere are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.A piano usually has two or three pedals.the pedal of a loom
2. (medicine) a foot or footlike part.

Derived terms

• pedal pushers
• soft pedal
• sostenuto pedal
• sustaining pedal

Verb

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.

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the foot.

Coordinate terms

• manual, relating to the hand

Anagrams

• padel
• paled
• plead