peleton
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the French peloton (“little ball”); compare peloton.
Noun[edit]
peleton (plural peletons)
- [18th Century] (obsolete, rare) A small pellet or ball.
- 1716, Miles Davies, “Of Medals, and Writings and Writers thereupon.”, in Athenæ Britannicæ: or, A critical history of the Oxford and Cambrige writers and writings[1], page 93:
- […] who continu'd still to pelter him with Heaps and Clouds of those Historical Balls or Librarian Bullets, or Pelotes or Peletons; […]
- [current] Misspelling of peloton.
- 2009 January 18, Christopher Clarey, “Armstrong Returns to Riding With a Purpose”, in New York Times:
- It is a tribute to the past of bicycle racing and is full of antique equipment, faded photographs and videos of sprints and peletons past.
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Dutch peloton, ultimately from French peloton.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pêlêton (plural peleton-peleton, first-person possessive peletonku, second-person possessive peletonmu, third-person possessive peletonnya)
- (military) platoon: a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
Alternative forms[edit]
- platun (Standard Malay)
Further reading[edit]
- “peleton” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French peloton. Doublet of pluton (“platoon”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
peleton m inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of peleton
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | peleton | peletony |
genitive | peletonu | peletonów |
dative | peletonowi | peletonom |
accusative | peleton | peletony |
instrumental | peletonem | peletonami |
locative | peletonie | peletonach |
vocative | peletonie | peletony |
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