pedicab
/ˈpɛdiˌkæb/noun
pedicab is a noun meaning “A tricycle having a hooded cab to seat paying passengers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-E-D-I-C-A-B, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of pedicab is pedicabs.
What does pedicab mean?
noun
- 1
A tricycle having a hooded cab to seat paying passengers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce pedicab?
- US /ˈpɛdiˌkæb/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pedicab.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-pedicab.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pedicab
- pedicabs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is pedicab?
Pedicab appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th 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).
Pedicab in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense vehicle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | velotaxi, cyclo |
| German | Fahrradrikscha |
| Portuguese | ciclotáxi |
| Spanish | bicitaxi, tricitaxi, velotaxi, pedicab |
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 pedicab come from?
From pedi- + cab.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).