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Pronunciation
italbrac-colon|verb form
*italbrac-colon|RP /m��pt/, /<tt>m@Upt</tt>/
*italbrac-colon|US m�pt, /mo�pt/, /<tt>moUpt</tt>/
italbrac-colon|noun
*italbrac-colon|RP /m��p�d/, /<tt>m@UpEd?</tt>/
*italbrac-colon|US m�ʹp�d, /mo�p�d/, /<tt>moUpEd</tt>/
Category:English heteronyms

Etymology
mope + -ed

Verb form
moped

1. Past tense of to mope
2. Past participle of to mope

Etymology
Swedish �tramp-cykel med motor och pedaler�, bicycle with engine and pedals

Alternative spellings
mo-ped

Noun
en-noun

1. A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.

Translations

Dutch: brommer, bromfiets
Finnish: mopo
Northern Sami: mopeda
mid
Russian: мопед (mopéd) m
Swedish: moped#Swedish|moped c, moppe c

Category:English words with multiple etymologies

Swedish

Etymology
Blend of motor and pedal. Coined in 1952 by a Swedish motor journalist in the magazine �Motor�.

Noun
moped

1. moped#English|moped italbrac|vehicle

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| moped
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Related terms
mopedist
moppe
EU-moppe

Category:Swedish derivations

fr:moped
ru:moped
fi:moped
sv:moped
vi:moped

• 2007-01-17 08:46 - RobotGMwikt - robot Adding: [[fi:moped]]

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