moped

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See also: Moped and mo-ped

English

Etymology 1

From mope +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

Verb

moped

  1. simple past 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: 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

Honda PA50 step-through moped (European market)

Borrowed from Swedish moped.

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Pronunciation

Noun

moped (plural mopeds)

  2. 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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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Swedish moped.

Noun

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

  1. a moped

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Swedish moped.

Noun

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

  1. a moped

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English moped.

Noun

moped n (plural mopeduri)

  1. moped

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative moped mopedul mopeduri mopedurile
genitive-dative moped mopedului mopeduri mopedurilor
vocative mopedule mopedurilor

Swedish

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en moped

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").

Pronunciation

Noun

moped c

  1. a moped (vehicle)
    Synonym: (colloquial) moppe
    Det är kul att åka moped
    It's fun to ride a moped

Declension

Declension of moped
nominative genitive
singular indefinite moped mopeds
definite mopeden mopedens
plural indefinite mopeder mopeders
definite mopederna mopedernas

Descendants

  • → English: moped

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