moped
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊpt
- (UK) IPA(key): /məʊpt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: mōpt, IPA(key): /moʊpt/
Verb
moped
- simple past and past participle of mope
Adjective
moped (comparative more moped, superlative most moped)
- 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
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊ.pɛd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: mōʹpĕd, IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/
Noun
moped (plural mopeds)
- 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.
Translations
two-wheeled vehicle
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See also
Further reading
Czech
Alternative forms
- mopéd (less common)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmopɛt]
- Hyphenation: mo‧ped
Noun
moped m inan
- moped
Declension
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Further reading
- “moped”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “moped”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “moped”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopeder, definite plural mopedene)
- a moped
Derived terms
References
- “moped” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopedar, definite plural mopedane)
- a moped
Derived terms
References
- “moped” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
moped n (plural mopeduri)
Declension
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
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | moped | mopeds |
definite | mopeden | mopedens | |
plural | indefinite | mopeder | mopeders |
definite | mopederna | mopedernas |
Related terms
- mopedist
- EU-moppe
Descendants
- → English: moped
See also
- motorcykel (“motorcycle”)