pedalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from French pédale, Latin pedāl(is). By surface analysis, ped- +‎ -al.

発音

• (noun, verb) enPR: pĕdʹəl, IPA: /ˈpɛdəl/
• (adjective) enPR: pēdʹəl, IPA: /ˈpiːdəl/ or as the noun
• 異形同音異義語: peddle, petal (some dialects)
• 韻: -ɛdəl, -iːdəl

名詞

pedal (plural pedals)

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.

   the pedal of a loom

   • 1996, Galen Crane, “Gear without Fear”, in Adirondack Life, volumes 27–28, Keene, N.Y.: Adirondack Life, →OCLC, page 4:

     Of the Adirondackers who make their homes here and then rarely use them—the outdoorsiest of the outdoorspeople—some climb mountains, others cliffs; some push pedals, other paddles; […]

2. (medicine) an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.
3. (music) An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
4. (equestrianism, humorous) A stirrup.
5. (music) 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.

派生語

派生した語

• → Juba Arabic: bedal
• → Swahili: pedeli

動詞

pedal (third-person singular simple present pedals, present participle (US) pedaling or (UK) pedalling, simple past and past participle (US) pedaled or (UK) pedalled)

1. To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.

   to pedal one's loom

2. (intransitive) To operate a bicycle.

   He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.

   • 1975 April 17, Jack Weatherly, “Dallas or Bust”, in The Courier News, volume 80, number 286, Blytheville, Ark., page 8, column 3:

     In the 1890’s “women were behind the stove,” he relates. But they cycled, too. “And they had difficulty pedalling bicycles with ankle-length skirts. “At the time,” Taylor said, “the most sinful thing a woman could do was to show light between her legs. “The original culotte was designed by a LAW member’s wife. The churches (in the East) termed this bepantsed female activity of biking “sinful bicycling,” he noted.

   • 2009, Dennis Bailey, Keith Gates, Bike Repair and Maintenance For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     Crucial to the crankset is the bottom bracket. Of all the bearings on a bike, the bottom bracket is the one that has to bear the heaviest load. Not only does the bottom bracket have to spin while you pedal, but it takes the force of all the twisting and turning that occurs during pedaling.

   • 2010 June, Wendelin Van Draanen, “Vinnie Gets Grilled”, in The Power Potion (The Gecko & Sticky), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 46:

     The old man's backside fizgigged with laughter. "See ya, kid!" he called as Dave pedaled away.

   • 2020 August 29, Jeremy Whittle, “Alexander Kristoff takes Tour de France yellow jersey after day of crashe”, in The Guardian‎:

     Pinot was among those involved in the huge pile-up just as the race entered the final three kilometres. Grazes were visible under his torn clothing as he pedalled, with a face like thunder, to the finish line.

形容詞

pedal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the foot.

等位語

• manual, relating to the hand

参照

• “pedal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “pedal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

アナグラム

• padle, Delap, padel, plead, paled