paddle
English
/ˈpædl̩/, [ˈpʰæ.ɾɫ̩]
noun
Definitions
- A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat.
- A double-bladed oar used for kayaking.
- Time spent on paddling.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- A paddlewheel.
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- (video games) A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
- (British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
- A bat-shaped spanking implement
- A ping-pong bat.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- A group of inerts
- A handheld defibrillation/cardioversion electrode
- (slang) hand
- padel (sport)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English padell (small spade) derived from Latin padela, patella (plate, pan, small pan, a shallow pan, shallow dish).
Origin
Latin
patella
Gloss
plate, pan, small pan, a shallow pan, shallow dish
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
🍽️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- backpaddle English
- ball English
- board English
- boat English
- box English
- fish English
- foot English
- paddleable English
- paddleball English
- paddleboard English
- paddleboarding English
- paddleboat English
- paddleboater English
- paddlebox English
- paddlefish English
- paddlefoot English
- paddleful English
- paddleless English
- paddlelike English
- paddler English
- paddlesport English
- paddleth English
- paddlewood English
- paddling English
- sport English
- wood English
- padela Latin
- patella Latin
- patellifer Latin
- patellula Latin
- padella Italian
- peddel Dutch, Flemish
- patelle French
- paella Spanish, Castilian
- paila Spanish, Castilian
- πάτελλα Ancient Greek
- padle Norwegian Bokmål
- padletur Norwegian Bokmål
- padleåre Norwegian Bokmål
- *paþaz Proto-Germanic
- パドル Japanese
- padle Norwegian Nynorsk
- padletur Norwegian Nynorsk
- padleåre Norwegian Nynorsk
- pæþ Old English
- padell Middle English
- paddel Danish
- paelle Old French
- paielle Old French
- pato Esperanto
- patel·la Catalan, Valencian
- patela Galician
- padol Cebuano
- padell Welsh
- pfad Old High German
- *paþ gmw-pro
- path Old Dutch
- pedden Middle Low German
- path Old Saxon
- padiele Friulian
- padella Dalmatian
- *pántaHh Proto-Iranian