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pedal

  

(pĕd'l) pronunciation

n.

    1. A foot-operated lever used for actuating or controlling a mechanism, as in a loom, sewing machine, piano, or organ.
    2. A similar foot-operated part attached to a crank and used for powering various devices, such as a bicycle.
  1. Music.
    1. A pedal point.
    2. A pedal keyboard.

adj.

  1. Of or relating to a pedal.
  2. (also pēd'l) Of or relating to a foot or footlike part: the pedal extremities.

v., -aled or -alled, -al·ing or -al·ling, -als or -als.

v.intr.

  1. To use or operate a pedal or pedals.
  2. To ride a bicycle.

v.tr.

To operate the pedals of.

[French pédale, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis, one foot long, from pēs, ped-, foot.]


A lever operated by the foot; pedals are variously used on musical instruments. A pedal can alter pitch, as in the harp or timpani; or it can facilitate the playing of an instrument, as in the drum-kit where it controls the bass drum and the high-hat cymbal. Its most frequent uses fall into two categories. First it may produce expressive effects, change the tone colour or the length of decay of a note (as in the left and right pedals on a piano) or its volume (as in the swell pedal on an organ); some electric instruments such as the vibraphone, guitar and synthesizer have ‘effects pedals’ of this sort. Second, it is widely used for a series of pedals arranged like a piano keyboard but played with the feet and thus termed a ‘pedalboard’; this device is most often found on the organ, where it commonly provides bass notes but has long been used for a wide range of musical purposes. Various other pedal instruments have been developed; the pedal clavichord and pedal harpsichord were mostly used as practice instruments for organists, but the pedal pianoforte was for a while taken seriously in its own right. Mozart owned one; Gounod, Alkan and Schumann all composed music for one.


Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - pedal
v. intr. - cykle
v. tr. - bruge pedalen

idioms:

  • pedal bin    pedalspand
  • pedal pushers    knælange jeans

2.
adj. - fod-

Nederlands (Dutch)
pedaal, orgelpunt, pedaal-, poot-, trappen, fietsen

Français (French)
1.
n. - pédale, accélérateur, (Mus) pédale
v. intr. - pédaler
v. tr. - appuyer sur la ou les pédale(s) de

idioms:

  • pedal bin    (GB) poubelle à pédale
  • pedal pushers    pantalon corsaire

2.
adj. - du pied/des pieds

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Fußhebel, Pedal
v. - radeln, das Pedal treten

idioms:

  • pedal bin    Treteimer
  • pedal pushers    dreiviertellange Damenhose

2.
adj. - Pedal...

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ποδόπληκτρο (κν. πεντάλ, πετάλι)
v. - ποδηλατώ, χρησιμοποιώ/κινώ/πατώ πεντάλ

idioms:

  • pedal bin    σκουπιδοντενεκές
  • pedal pushers    (απαρχ.) κοντοβράκια (ποδηλατιστών), ποδηλατιστές

Italiano (Italian)
pedalare, pedale

idioms:

  • pedal bin    pattumiera a pedale
  • pedal pushers    calzoni a mezza gamba

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pedal (m)
v. - pedalar

idioms:

  • pedal bin    lixeira com pedal
  • pedal pushers    calça três quartos

Русский (Russian)
жать на педали, педаль

idioms:

  • pedal bin    урна с педалью
  • pedal pushers    узкие брюки

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - pedal, bajo de órgano
v. intr. - pedalear
v. tr. - pedalear

idioms:

  • pedal bin    papelera o cubo de basura con pedal
  • pedal pushers    pantalones de mujer a media pierna, pantalones pescadores

2.
adj. - de pie o de pedal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pedal, trampa
v. - använda pedal, trampa

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
踏板, 足的, 脚踏的, 踏板的, 踩踏板, 骑自行车, 踩...的踏板, 骑

idioms:

  • pedal bin    脚踏式小垃圾桶
  • pedal pushers    骑单车时所穿的长及小腿的裤子

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 踏板
adj. - 足的, 腳踏的, 踏板的
v. intr. - 踩踏板, 騎自行車
v. tr. - 踩...的踏板, 騎

idioms:

  • pedal bin    腳踏式小垃圾桶
  • pedal pushers    騎單車時所穿的長及小腿的褲子

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - (재봉틀.자전거 등의) 페달, (피아노 등의) 발판, 수족선
v. intr. - 페달을 밟다, 페달을 밟으며 가다
v. tr. - ~의 페달을 밟다

2.
adj. - 발의, 수족선의, 페달의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 踏板, ペダル, 垂足線, 踏み板
v. - ペダルを使う, 自転車に乗る, ペダルを踏む
adj. - 足の, ペダルの

idioms:

  • pedal bin    自転車置き場
  • pedal pushers    ペダルプッシャー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دواسه, مدوس, (فعل) يدوس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דוושה‬
v. intr. - ‮נע תוך דיווש‬
v. tr. - ‮דיווש‬
adj. - ‮של הרגל(ים), מופעל בדוושה‬

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