pedalo
/ˈpɛdələʊ/noun
pedalo is a noun meaning “A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-E-D-A-L-O, and it appears about once in every 29 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of pedalo is pedalos or pedaloes.
What does pedalo mean?
noun
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UKA small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of pedalo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce pedalo?
- UK /ˈpɛdələʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pedalo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pedalo
- pedalos plural
- pedaloes plural
- pédalo
- pédalos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is pedalo?
Pedalo appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Pedalo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small boat propelled by pedals:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pédalo, pédal'eau, bateau à pédales |
| German | Tretboot, Pedalo |
| Portuguese | pedalinho, cisne, gaivota |
| Spanish | hidropedal, velomar, pedalo, pedalina, pedaleta, patín |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pedalo come from?
Borrowed from French pédalo, a genericized trademark. By surface analysis, pedal + -o.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).