Moped
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -əʊpt
- (UK) IPA(key): /məʊpt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: mōpt, IPA(key): /moʊpt/
Verb[edit]
moped
- simple past and past participle of mope
Adjective[edit]
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: Printed by 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[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
two-wheeled vehicle
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopeder, definite plural mopedene)
- a moped
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “moped” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopedar, definite plural mopedane)
- a moped
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “moped” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
moped n (plural mopeduri)
Declension[edit]
Declension of moped
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) moped | mopedul | (niște) mopeduri | mopedurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) moped | mopedului | (unor) mopeduri | mopedurilor |
vocative | mopedule | mopedurilor |
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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").
Noun[edit]
moped c
Declension[edit]
Declension of moped | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | moped | mopeden | mopeder | mopederna |
Genitive | mopeds | mopedens | mopeders | mopedernas |