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New synset "pedelec"? #481

Closed rwingerter55 closed 3 years ago

rwingerter55 commented 4 years ago

I am not sure whether this is an equivalent or hyponym of "electric bike" https://github.com/globalwordnet/english-wordnet/issues/480#issue-627155309.

Definition

a bicycle with an electric motor that helps the rider turn the pedals: There are currently two types of electric bike available, pedelec and e-bikes. Pedelecs are great vehicles for big and small adventures. Compare e-bike Cambridge Dictionary

Examples:

  • Unlike the pedelec, an e-bike is an electric bike that can move forward without the rider pedalling.
  • The project promotes e-bikes and pedelecs for delivery of goods.
  • There is a lot of confusion online about what we mean by a pedelec bike. Cambridge Dictionary
rwingerter55 commented 4 years ago

I could not find a dictionary entry for "pedelec" in any other of the dictionaries proposed as "gold standard".

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedelec

dcillessen commented 4 years ago

Simply the frequency at which the word appears online justifies its inclusion, I'd say.

rwingerter55 commented 4 years ago

@dcillessen, thanks for the support!

rwingerter55 commented 4 years ago

Lemmas: "pedelec", "pedelec bike".

rwingerter55 commented 4 years ago

Regarding the hierarchical relations, I would go with the definition in Collin's dictionary quoted in my first message. Here in Europe, different countries have different legal definitions of what is what, which is confusing. Details see Wikipedia.