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Symbol
ped
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛd/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛd
Etymology 1
Clipping of various words; motorcycle sense from earlier moped.
Noun
ped (plural peds)
- (on traffic signs) A pedestrian.
- A pedestal.
- (slang, MLE) A motorcycle.
- (slang, rare) A pedophile.
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Translations
pedestrian — see pedestrian
Etymology 2
Middle English. See peddler.
Noun
ped (plural peds)
- (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
Etymology 3
From Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon, “soil”).
Noun
ped (plural peds)
- (soil science) An aggregate of soil particles that forms a structural unit in soil.
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Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pędь.
Noun
pẹ̑d f
- span (unit of length)
Further reading
- “ped”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Swedish
Etymology
Clipping of velociped. Compare the development to Danish bil, which is derived from automobil.
Pronunciation
Noun
ped m or n
- (dialectal, Ostrobothnia) bicycle
- Synonym: cykel
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Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from English (menstrual) pad.
Pronunciation
Noun
ped (definite accusative pedi, plural pedler)
- sanitary towel, sanitary napkin
- Synonym: hijyenik ped
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