moped

See also: Moped and mo-ped

English

Etymology 1

From mope +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -əʊpt
  • (UK) IPA(key): /məʊpt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) enPR: mōpt, IPA(key): /moʊpt/

Verb

moped

  1. simple past and past participle of mope

Adjective

moped (comparative more moped, superlative most moped)

  1. Melancholic, dejected.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter I, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition iii, section 1, member 2:
      it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad []

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swedish moped.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊ.pɛd/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) enPR: mōʹpĕd, IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/

Noun

moped (plural mopeds)

  1. A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.
    He was drunk again and moped, whining at length about his moped.
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Czech

Alternative forms

  • mopéd (less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish moped.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmopɛt]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ped

Noun

moped m inan

  1. moped

Declension

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Swedish moped.

Noun

moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopeder, definite plural mopedene)

  1. a moped

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swedish moped.

Noun

moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopedar, definite plural mopedane)

  1. a moped

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English moped.

Noun

moped n (plural mopeduri)

  1. moped

Declension

Declension of moped
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative moped mopedul mopeduri mopedurile
genitive-dative moped mopedului mopeduri mopedurilor
vocative mopedule mopedurilor

Swedish

Etymology

Blend of motor +‎ pedaler (pedals). Coined by motor journalist Harald Nielsen in 1952 in the magazine Motor from tramp-cykel med motor och pedaler ("bicycle with engine and pedals").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʊˈpeːd/
  • Rhymes: -eːd

Noun

moped c

  1. a moped (vehicle)
    Synonym: (colloquial) moppe
    Det är kul att åka moped
    It's fun to ride a moped

Declension

Descendants

  • English: moped

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