moped

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See also: Moped, and mo-ped

English

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Etymology 1

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From mope +‎ -ed.

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Verb

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moped

  1. simple past and past participle of mope

Adjective

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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

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Honda PA50 step-through moped (European market)

Borrowed from Swedish moped.

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Noun

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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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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Swedish moped.

Noun

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

  1. a moped

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Swedish moped.

Noun

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

  1. a moped

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English moped.

Noun

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moped n (plural mopeduri)

  1. moped

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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en moped

Etymology

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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").

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moped c

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

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Descendants

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  • English: moped

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