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Everything that's going on within the peloton - there's about ten different races going on. There is also a survival element to it - I love the fact that it's so epic. You crash on a bike, the first thing you do is try and get back up on it. No whinging!
David Millar

Meaning of "peloton" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PELOTON

French, literally: pack.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PELOTON

peloton  [ˈpɛləˌtɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PELOTON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peloton is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PELOTON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

peloton

Peloton

The peloton, field, bunch or pack is the main group of riders in a road bicycle race. Riders in a group save energy by riding close near other riders. The reduction in drag is dramatic; in the middle of a well-developed group it can be as much as 40%. The term is also used to refer to professional cyclists in general.

Definition of peloton in the English dictionary

The definition of peloton in the dictionary is the main field of riders in a road race.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PELOTON


automaton
ɔːˈtɒməˌtɒn
demeton
ˈdemɪˌtɒn
disulfoton
daɪˈsʌlfəˌtɒn
exciton
ˈɛksaɪˌtɒn
feuilleton
ˈfʊɪˌtɒn
futon
ˈfuːˌtɒn
graviton
ˈɡrævɪˌtɒn
hyperbaton
haɪˈpɜːbəˌtɒn
magneton
ˈmæɡnɪˌtɒn
parton
ˈpɑːˌtɒn
periphyton
pəˈrɪfɪˌtɒn
sabaton
ˈsæbəˌtɒn
soliton
ˈsɒlɪˌtɒn
zacaton
ˈzækəˌtɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PELOTON

peloid
pelology
pelon
Peloponnese
Peloponnesian
Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesos
Peloponnesus
Pelops
peloria
pelorian
peloric
pelorised
pelorism
pelorus
pelota
Pelotas
pelotherapy
pelt
pelta

WORDS THAT END LIKE PELOTON

antiproton
Aston
boston
button
Clinton
cotton
croton
Hamilton
Hilton
Houston
kiloton
Kingston
melocoton
multiphoton
on the button
photon
proton
roton
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Washington

Synonyms and antonyms of peloton in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «peloton» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PELOTON

Find out the translation of peloton to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of peloton from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peloton» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大部队
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pelotón
570 millions of speakers

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peloton
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

peloton
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بلوتون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пелотон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pelotão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

peloton
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

peloton
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peloton
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Peloton
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペロトン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

당하
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peloton
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

peloton
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

peloton
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅलॉटन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

peloton
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

plotone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

peleton
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пелотон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

peloton
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

peloton
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

peloton
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

klungan
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

peloton
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of peloton

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PELOTON»

The term «peloton» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.643 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PELOTON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peloton

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QUOTES WITH «PELOTON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word peloton.
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David Millar
Everything that's going on within the peloton - there's about ten different races going on. There is also a survival element to it - I love the fact that it's so epic. You crash on a bike, the first thing you do is try and get back up on it. No whinging!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PELOTON»

Discover the use of peloton in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peloton and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inside The Peloton: My Life as a Professional Cyclist
From furious spats with teammates and exhilarating races against the world's best, this is a gripping cycling adventure and tale of a fiercely competitive sportsman.
Nicolas Roche, 2011
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Inside the Peloton: Riding, Winning and Losing the Tour de ...
Provocative and rich in insight, this book is a very personal account by Fife. Read it to discover: What made Merckx, apparently invincible, so prey to doubt? --What rendered the massively talented Poulidor so beatable?
G Fife, Graeme Fife, 2011
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The No-Drop Zone: Everything You Need to Know about the ...
The book also covers every aspect of riding in a group, emphasizing such specific skills as how to avoid bumping into other riders when riding in close quarters and fixing a flat quickly enough to rejoin the group.
Patrick Brady, 2011
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Reading the Race: Bike Racing from Inside the Peloton
" Thirty years of criterium racing have given race announcer and coach Jamie Smith a rare ability to see, describe, and critique the tactics in the American peloton. This book is his way of paying it back.
Jamie Smith, 2013
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Tour De France For Dummies
The. peloton. was. nervous. During the 2004 Tour de France, the pelotonwas nervous about riding over a narrow cobblestone road in Stage 3 from Waterloo to Wasquehal. Even before the cobblestones in Wandignies, some of the riders ...
Phil Liggett, James Raia, Sammarye Lewis, 2011
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The Shattered Peloton: The Devastating Impact of World War I ...
The Shattered Peloton tells the story of the 1914 Tour and what happened to the top cyclists of the day during the course of the war. A brilliant, disturbing, important book for anyone with an interest in cycling or military history.
Graham Healy, 2014
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Mycorrhiza: Role and Applications /.
REACTION OF HOST CELLTO PELOTON FORMATION The host cell, inspite of fungal colonization, remains very healthy and continues to show protoplasmic streaming (Williamson and Hadley 1970). The host cell is also physiologically very ...
V. S. Mehrotra, 2005
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CAIA Level I: An Introduction to Core Topics in Alternative ...
February 22, 2012 13:40 Printer: Courier Westford Lessons from Hedge Fund Failures 715 calls from creditors that the firm was eventually unable to meet, resulting in Peloton's collapse. How did Peloton's fortunes reverse so astoundingly ...
CAIA Association, Mark J. P. Anson, Donald R. Chambers, 2012
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Dear Mr. Buffett: What an Investor Learns 1,269 Miles from ...
negative) loan performance data combined with the illiquidity that uncertainty about one's imperfect data brings. This is a market timer's worst-case scenario. 7 Peloton Partners lost $17 billion in “a matter of days.” The Peloton ABS fund used  ...
Janet M. Tavakoli, 2009
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Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity
EXHIBIT C5.2 Peloton Flew High, Fell Fast (Abridged) When hedge-fund chief Ron Beller's investments in U.S. mortgages turned against him, he got a rude awakening to Wall Street's unsentimental ways. Bankers who had vied for his ...
David P. Stowell, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PELOTON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peloton is used in the context of the following news items.
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Videos: Alpe d'Huez from inside the peloton – and the Team Sky car …
With the Alpe d'Huez making its first appearance in the Tour de France since 2013 yesterday, and on-bike video now allowed, Velon's latest ... «road.cc, Jul 15»
2
Tour de France 2015 protester disrupts final as car crashes through …
The Tour peloton, racing at high speed, had to weave around the protester to avoid a collision as teams were beginning to position themselves ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Nervous Tour de France peloton worried about time cut
Mark Cavendish (second from right) and the other pure sprinters in the peloton could be in a fight to make the time cut in Friday's Tour de ... «velonews.competitor.com, Jul 15»
4
Nominate an unsung hero for 'People's Peloton'
Community champions are being sought for a “People's Peloton” to process around Clitheroe town centre prior to the start of Stage 2 the 2015 ... «Clitheroe Today, Jul 15»
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Tour de France 2015: Tempers fray as exhausted peloton nears Paris
It can be caused by plain old cohabitation with one another in an exhausted peloton that has been racing elbow to elbow for near on three ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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NGP Invests in Peloton's Truck Platooning Technology
Peloton Technology, a developer of vehicle systems that deliver advanced safety, fuel savings and analytics to trucking fleets, said Wednesday ... «Trucking News Online, Jul 15»
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Tour peloton to tackle 'dangerous' descent in stage 17
DIGNE-LES-BAINS, France (AFP) — Nerves are set to jangle in the Tour de France peloton on Wednesday with the hair-raising Col d'Allos ... «velonews.competitor.com, Jul 15»
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Nokia Growth Partners Invests in Peloton's Truck Platooning …
Peloton Technology, a developer of vehicle systems that deliver advanced safety, fuel savings and analytics to trucking fleets, today announced ... «VentureBeat, Jul 15»
9
Tour de France 2015: Stage 17 Report & Results
The Spaniard forged on but was eventually brought back by firstly Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and secondly by the peloton led by Team Sky. «Daily Peloton, Jul 15»
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Gorillas, scarabs, and pistol: Nicknames in the Tour de France peloton
BOURG-DE-PAGE, France (AFP) — With a shark, a scarab, and a gorilla amongst its ranks, the Tour de France peloton boasts an eclectic mix ... «velonews.competitor.com, Jul 15»

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