pedal

English

/ˈpɛdəl/, /ˈpiːdəl/

noun
Definitions
  • A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano
  • (medicine) a foot or footlike part.
  • (music) An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
  • (equestrian) A stirrup.
  • (music) The ranks of pipes played from the pedal-board of an organ.

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédale (pedal) borrowed from Latin pedālis (measuring a foot, of the foot) root from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (step, foot, walk, fall, stumble).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ped-

Gloss

step, foot, walk, fall, stumble

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

歩

Emoji
🪜

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