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
- mettre la pédale douce
- pédale d'embrayage
- pédale wha wha
- perdre les pédales
Descendants
- → Norman: pédale
- → Romanian: pedală
- → 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:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 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”)