Meaning

5 senses
  1. A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.

    There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.

    A piano usually has two or three pedals.

    Pedal, Fußhebel

    педа́льpedálʹ

    педа́льpedálʹ

    a lever that is operated with the foot

  2. An orthopedic structure or a footlike part.

  3. An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.

  4. (humorous)A stirrup.

  5. The ranks of pipes played from the pedal-board of an organ.

    A small organ commonly has only one or two ranks on the pedal.

Examples

73 sentences
  1. Tom pressed the brake pedal.

    Том натиснув на гальма.

    deTom ging auf die Bremse.

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  2. Tom took his foot off the gas pedal.

    ruТом поднял ногу с педали газа.

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  3. Tom pedaled his bicycle as fast as he could.

    deTom trat in die Pedale seines Fahrrads so schnell er konnte.

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  4. Each time you step on the pedal, the wheel turns once.

    deJedes Mal, wenn du auf das Pedal trittst, dreht sich das Rad ein Mal.

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  5. Tom stomped on the brake pedal and screeched to a halt.

    ruТом вдавил педаль тормоза в пол и с визгом затормозил.

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Translations

9 languages
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Русский
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Deutsch
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lever operated by one’s foot:

Origin

Borrowed from French pédale, itself borrowed from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis. By s

Borrowed from French pédale, itself borrowed from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis. By surface analysis, ped- + -al.

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