Meanings
moped1
nounmoped (plural mopeds)
plural mopeds · alternative mo-ped
- A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.
He took his moped into work.
moped2
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of mope
adjectivemoped (comparative more moped, superlative most moped)
comparative more moped · superlative most moped
- Melancholic, dejected.
it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad[…]
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
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
moped · noun
- Swedishmoped
- Englishmoped
Borrowed from Swedish moped.
More words from Swedish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque ziklomotor
- ziklomotortwo-wheeled vehicle
Bulgarian мотопе́д
- мотопе́д (motopéd)two-wheeled vehicle
Catalan ciclomotor
- ciclomotortwo-wheeled vehicle
Chinese Mandarin 摩托自行車 /摩托自行车
- 摩托自行車 /摩托自行车 (mótuō zìxíngchē)two-wheeled vehicle
Czech moped
- mopedtwo-wheeled vehicle
Danish knallert
- knallerttwo-wheeled vehicle
Dutch brommer, bromfiets
- brommertwo-wheeled vehicle
- bromfietstwo-wheeled vehicle
Esperanto mopedo
- mopedotwo-wheeled vehicle
Estonian mopeed
- mopeedtwo-wheeled vehicle
Finnish mopo, mopedi
- mopotwo-wheeled vehicle
- mopeditwo-wheeled vehicle
French vélomoteur, cyclomoteur
- vélomoteurtwo-wheeled vehicle
- cyclomoteurtwo-wheeled vehicle
- mobylettetwo-wheeled vehicle
- mobtwo-wheeled vehicle
German Moped, Motorvelo
- Mopedtwo-wheeled vehicle
- Motorvelotwo-wheeled vehicle
Greek μοτοποδήλατο
- μοτοποδήλατο (motopodílato)two-wheeled vehicle
Hindi मोपेड, फटफटिया
- मोपेड (mopeḍ)two-wheeled vehicle
- फटफटिया (phaṭphaṭiyā)two-wheeled vehicle
- फट (phaṭ)two-wheeled vehicle
Hungarian moped
- mopedtwo-wheeled vehicle
Icelandic skellinaðra
- skellinaðratwo-wheeled vehicle
Indonesian moped
- mopedtwo-wheeled vehicle
Irish móipéid
- móipéidtwo-wheeled vehicle
Italian motorino, ciclomotore
- motorinotwo-wheeled vehicle
- ciclomotoretwo-wheeled vehicle
- bicimotoretwo-wheeled vehicle
Japanese モペッド, 原付
- モペッド (mopeddo)two-wheeled vehicle
- 原付 (gentsuki)two-wheeled vehicle
Korean 모페드
- 모페드 (mopedeu)two-wheeled vehicle
Latvian mopēds
- mopēdstwo-wheeled vehicle
Lithuanian mopedas
- mopedastwo-wheeled vehicle
Malay kapcai
- kapcaitwo-wheeled vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål moped
- mopedtwo-wheeled vehicle
Persian موتورگازی
- موتورگازی (motor-gâzi)two-wheeled vehicle
Polish motorower
- motorowertwo-wheeled vehicle
Portuguese ciclomotor
- ciclomotortwo-wheeled vehicle
Romanian moped
- mopedtwo-wheeled vehicle
Russian мопе́д
- мопе́д (mopéd)two-wheeled vehicle
Slovak moped
- mopedtwo-wheeled vehicle
Spanish motoneta, motocicleta
- motonetatwo-wheeled vehicle
- motocicletatwo-wheeled vehicle
- ciclomotortwo-wheeled vehicle
- vespinotwo-wheeled vehicle
- bicimototwo-wheeled vehicle
Swedish moped, moppe
- mopedtwo-wheeled vehicle
- moppetwo-wheeled vehicle
Thai รถป๊อป, โมเพด
- รถป๊อป (rót-bpɔ́p)two-wheeled vehicle
- โมเพด (moo-pèt)two-wheeled vehicle
Turkish mobilet
- mobilettwo-wheeled vehicle
Ukrainian мопе́д
- мопе́д (mopéd)two-wheeled vehicle
Urdu محرکاب
- محرکابtwo-wheeled vehicle
Vietnamese xe đạp điện
- xe đạp điệntwo-wheeled vehicle
Welsh moped
- mopedtwo-wheeled vehicle
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
moped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moped
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“moped.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moped. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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