ped

• IPA^(key): /pɛd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Clipping of various words; motorcycle sense from earlier moped.

ped (plural peds)

1. (on traffic signs) A pedestrian.
2. A pedestal.
3. (slang, MLE) A motorcycle.
4. (slang, rare) A pedophile.

Middle English. See peddler.

ped (plural peds)

1. (obsolete) A basket; a hamper; a pannier.
   • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:

     A panel and wanty, packsaddle and ped,
     with line to fetch litter, and halters for hed

From Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon, “soil”).

ped (plural peds)

1. (soil science) An aggregate of soil particles that forms a structural unit in soil.

• ped day

• DEP, DPE, EDP, EPD, PDE, Pde, dep, dep., dép

From Proto-Slavic *pędь.

pẹ̑d f

1. span (unit of length)

• “ped”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Clipping of velociped. Compare the development to Danish bil, which is derived from automobil.

• IPA^(key): /peːd/
• Rhymes: -eːd

ped m or n

1. (dialectal, Ostrobothnia) bicycle

   Synonym: cykel

   • 2018, Rickard Eklund, “Tuva”, in (ätt)‎^[1]:

     Åså to an piede å for ut i räine

     And then he took his bike and went out in the rain

• peda

• ped in Ordbok över Finlands svenska folkmål, Institute for the Languages of Finland.

• PDE

• IPA^(key): /ped/

ped (definite accusative pedi, plural pedler)

1. sanitary towel, sanitary napkin

   Synonym: hijyenik ped