pedalo
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French pédalo, a registered trademark. By surface analysis, pedal + -o.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɛdələʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
pedalo (plural pedalos or pedaloes)
- (UK, nautical) A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation.
- Synonyms: pedalboat, (US, Canada, Australia) paddleboat
- 2001, Stephen Brown, Marketing – the Retro Revolution, London: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 139:
- It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers.
- 2018 August 16, Marina Hyde, “Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team”, in The Guardian[1]:
- On the other hand: I’m sorry the sculpture hurt your feelings. But it’s just art. It can’t harm you. You don’t have to like it – not at all – but it’s going to be gone in a month or so, and you can still use the pedalos while it’s there.
Translations
small boat propelled by pedals
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Verb
pedalo
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Etymology
From Latin pedalis (“a foot in length”), from pēs (“foot”). Compare French pédale and Italian pedale.
Pronunciation
Noun
pedalo (accusative singular pedalon, plural pedaloj, accusative plural pedalojn)
- pedal (lever operated by one's foot)
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Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
pedalo
Portuguese
Verb
pedalo
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