moped

See also: Moped and mo-ped

English

Etymology 1

From mope +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊpt
(UK) IPA^(key): /məʊpt/
(US) enPR: mōpt, IPA^(key): /moʊpt/

Verb

moped

simple past tense and past participle of mope

Adjective

moped (comparative more moped, superlative most moped)

Melancholic, dejected.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
  , I.iii.1.2:
  it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad […].

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swedish moped.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊ.pɛd/
(US) enPR: mōʹpĕd, IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/

Honda PA50 step-through moped (European market)

Alternative forms

mo-ped

Noun

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.

Translations

two-wheeled vehicle

Armenian: մոպեդ (hy) (moped)
Azerbaijani: moped
Basque: ziklomotor
Belarusian: мапе́д m (mapjéd)
Bulgarian: мотопе́д (bg) m (motopéd)
Catalan: ciclomotor (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 摩托自行車, 摩托自行车 (mótuō zìxíngchē)
Czech: moped (cs) m
Danish: knallert
Dutch: brommer (nl), bromfiets (nl)
Esperanto: mopedo
Estonian: mopeed
Finnish: mopedi (fi), mopo (fi)
French: vélomoteur (fr) m, cyclomoteur (fr) m, mobylette (fr) f, mob (fr) f
Georgian: მოპედი (moṗedi)
German: Moped (de) n, Mofa (de) n, Kleinkraftrad n, Motorfahrrad n, Mokick n, Highriser m, Motorvelo n (Swiss), Töffli n (Swiss)
Greek: μοτοποδήλατο (el) n (motopodílato)
Hindi: मोपेड f (mopeḍ)
Hungarian: moped
Indonesian: moped
Italian: motorino (it) m, ciclomotore (it) m
Japanese: モペッド (ja) (mopeddo)
Kazakh: мопед (moped)
Korean: 모페드 (mopedeu)
Kyrgyz: мопед (ky) (moped)
Latvian: mopēds m
Lithuanian: mopedas m

Macedonian: мопед m (moped)
Malay: kapcai
Mongolian: мопед (moped)
Northern Sami: mopeda
Norwegian:
Bokmål: moped m

Nynorsk: moped m
Persian: موتورگازی‎‎ (motor-gâzi)
Polish: motorower (pl) m
Portuguese: ciclomotor (pt)
Romanian: moped
Russian: мопе́д (ru) m (mopéd)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мопед m

Roman: moped (sh) m
Silesian: moplik
Slovak: moped m
Slovene: kolo z motorjem n
Spanish: motoneta (es) f, motocicleta (es) f, ciclomotor
Swedish: moped (sv) c, moppe (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: mobilet (tr)
Turkmen: moped
Ukrainian: мопе́д (uk) m (mopéd)
Urdu: محرکاب‎‎
Uzbek: moped (uz)
Vietnamese: xe đạp điện

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Swedish moped

Noun

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

a moped

Derived terms

mopedist

References

“moped” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swedish moped

Noun

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

a moped

Derived terms

mopedist

References

“moped” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Blend of motor +‎ pedaler. Coined in 1952 by a Swedish motor journalist in the magazine Motor from tramp-cykel med motor och pedaler ("bicycle with engine and pedals").

Noun

moped c

moped (vehicle)

Declension

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

Related terms

mopedist
moppe
EU-moppe

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