moped

See also: Moped and mo-ped

English

Etymology 1

From mope +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊpt
  • (UK) IPA(key): /məʊpt/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • (US) enPR: mōpt, IPA(key): /moʊpt/

Verb

moped

  1. simple past tense and past participle of mope

Adjective

moped (comparative more moped, superlative most moped)

  1. 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 54573970, 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
Honda PA50 step-through moped (European market)

Borrowed from Swedish moped.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊ.pɛd/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • (US) enPR: mōʹpĕd, IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/

Noun

moped (plural mopeds)

  1. 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.
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Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Swedish moped.

Noun

moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopeder, definite plural mopedene)

  1. a moped

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swedish moped.

Noun

moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopedar, definite plural mopedane)

  1. a moped

Derived terms

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English moped.

Noun

moped n (plural mopeduri)

  1. moped

Declension
Declension of moped
singular plural
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

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").

Noun

moped c

  1. moped (vehicle)

Declension
Declension of moped 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative moped mopeden mopeder mopederna
Genitive mopeds mopedens mopeders mopedernas
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