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==English==
==English==
[[File:Striped biped.jpg|thumb|A striped '''biped'''.]]


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*ped-}}
Borrowed from {{bor|en|la|bipēs|notext=1}}, {{m|la|bipedis}}.
Borrowed from {{bor|en|la|bipēs}}, {{m|la|bipedis}}. Alternatively analyzable as {{confix|en|bi|ped}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈbaɪpɛd/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-biped.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-biped.wav|a=US}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# An [[animal]], [[being]] or [[construction]] that goes about on two [[foot|feet]] (or two [[leg]]s).
# An [[animal]], [[being]]{{,}} or [[construction]] that [[go about|goes about]] on two [[foot|feet]] (or two [[leg]]s).
#* {{RQ:Lindsay Age of Consent|year=1962|page=89|passage=He was badgered in that witness-box for an hour. By a distracting repetition of cross-examination he was forced to confess that he had seen and spoken to a human '''biped''' in broad daylight, yet could not recollect one singularity to distinguish this phantom from the flat mass of humanity.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=w:qntm|work=w:SCP Foundation|title=CASE HATE RED|date=10 April 2019|url=https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/case-hate-red|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529045141/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/case-hate-red|archivedate=29 May 2024|accessdate=29 May 2024|text=Luján, or, rather, the '''biped''' which used to be Luján, walks right up to him. He is a little shorter than Wheeler, but much heavier-set. Rooted to the spot, not thinking clearly, Wheeler holds his violin up, as if this will shield him. The conductor takes the instrument from his unresisting hands and breaks its neck underfoot, perfunctorily, as if crushing a box for recycling.}}


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|bipedal}}
{{col-auto|en|bipedism|bipedal|featherless biped}}
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* {{l|en|featherless biped}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|a two-footed (or two-legged) animal}}
{{trans-top|a two-footed (or two-legged) animal}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|երկոտանի}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|двухно́гі}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|dvojnohý}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tweevoeter|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tweevoeter|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|dupiedulo}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kaksijalkainen]] [[eläin]]}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kaksijalkainen]] [[eläin]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|bipède}}
* German: {{t|de|Zweifüßer|m}}, {{t|de|Zweifüßerin|f}}, {{t|de|Zweifüßler|m}}, {{t|de|Zweifüßlerin}}, {{t|de|Zweibeiner|m}}, {{t|de|Zweibeinerin|f}}, {{t|de|Bipede|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Zweifüßer|m}}, {{t|de|Zweifüßerin|f}}, {{t|de|Zweifüßler|m}}, {{t|de|Zweifüßlerin}}, {{t+|de|Zweibeiner|m}}, {{t|de|Zweibeinerin|f}}, {{t|de|Bipede|m}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|двуногий}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kétlábú}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dwunożny}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|двуно́гий}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|bípedo|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|bípedo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|tvåfoting|c}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|tvåfoting|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|двоно́гий}}
* Volapük: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t|vo|telfutaf}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t|vo|hitelfutaf}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t|vo|jitelfutaf}}, {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t|vo|tellögaf}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t|vo|hitellögaf}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t|vo|jitellögaf}}
* Volapük: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t|vo|telfutaf}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t|vo|hitelfutaf}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t|vo|jitelfutaf}}, {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t|vo|tellögaf}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t|vo|hitellögaf}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t|vo|jitellögaf}}
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===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|bedip}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=bdeip|bedip}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|bipède}}, from {{der|ro|la|bipes}}.

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj}}

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# {{l|en|biped}}

====Declension====
{{ro-decl-adj}}

Latest revision as of 09:02, 2 June 2024

English

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A striped biped.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin bipēs, bipedis. Alternatively analyzable as bi- +‎ -ped.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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biped (plural bipeds)

  1. An animal, being, or construction that goes about on two feet (or two legs).
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 89:
      He was badgered in that witness-box for an hour. By a distracting repetition of cross-examination he was forced to confess that he had seen and spoken to a human biped in broad daylight, yet could not recollect one singularity to distinguish this phantom from the flat mass of humanity.
    • 2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in SCP Foundation‎[1], archived from the original on 29 May 2024:
      Luján, or, rather, the biped which used to be Luján, walks right up to him. He is a little shorter than Wheeler, but much heavier-set. Rooted to the spot, not thinking clearly, Wheeler holds his violin up, as if this will shield him. The conductor takes the instrument from his unresisting hands and breaks its neck underfoot, perfunctorily, as if crushing a box for recycling.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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Anagrams

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bipède, from Latin bipes.

Adjective

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biped m or n (feminine singular bipedă, masculine plural bipezi, feminine and neuter plural bipede)

  1. biped

Declension

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Declension of biped
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite biped bipedă bipezi bipede
definite bipedul bipeda bipezii bipedele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite biped bipede bipezi bipede
definite bipedului bipedei bipezilor bipedelor
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