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pedale

Syllables: ped·al·e

pedale noun: a foot-cloth in front of an altar.

Noun

pedale (plural pedalia)

  1. A foot-cloth in front of an altar.
  2. A collection of canons of general councils in the Greek Orthodox Church.

Forms of pedale

pluralpedalia

Origin of pedale

Learned borrowing from Latin pedālis (neuter pedāle, plural pedālia).

Questions about pedale

What does pedale mean?
Pedale means a foot-cloth in front of an altar.
What part of speech is pedale?
Pedale is a noun.
What is the plural of pedale?
The plural of pedale is pedalia.

Words near pedale in the dictionary

  1. pedalcars
  2. pedalcycle
  3. pedalcycles
  4. pedalcyclist
  5. pedalcyclists
  6. pedale
  7. pedaled
  8. pedaler
  9. pedalers
  10. pedalfer
  11. pedalferic

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