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peleton

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English

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Etymology

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From theFrenchpeloton(“little ball”); comparepeloton.

Noun

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peleton (pluralpeletons)

  1. [18th Century](obsolete, rare) A smallpellet orball.
    • 1716, Miles Davies, “Of Medals, and Writings and Writers thereupon.”, inAthenæ Britannicæ: or, A critical history of the Oxford and Cambrige writers and writings‎[1], page93:
      […] who continu'd still to pelter him with Heaps and Clouds of those Historical Balls or Librarian Bullets, or Pelotes orPeletons;[…]
  2. [current]Misspelling ofpeloton.
    • 2009 January 18, Christopher Clarey, “Armstrong Returns to Riding With a Purpose”, inNew York Times:
      It is a tribute to the past of bicycle racing and is full of antique equipment, faded photographs and videos of sprints andpeletons past.

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromDutchpeloton, ultimately fromFrenchpeloton.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pêlêton (pluralpeleton-peleton)

  1. (military)platoon: a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company

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Further reading

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchpeloton.Doublet ofpluton(“platoon”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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peleton m inan

  1. (cycling)peloton

Declension

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Declension ofpeleton
singularplural
nominativepeletonpeletony
genitivepeletonupeletonów
dativepeletonowipeletonom
accusativepeletonpeletony
instrumentalpeletonempeletonami
locativepeletoniepeletonach
vocativepeletoniepeletony

Further reading

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  • peleton inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • peleton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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