pédale

pedal (of bicycle); pedal (of piano, organ etc.)

Borrowed from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis.

queer, homo (homosexual man)

“Tu vois les deux derrière le comptoir ? le grand Noir efféminé et la petite pédale rebeue : à Belleville, se promener comme ça, je respecte. You see those two behind the counter? The big effeminate black guy and the little sand nigger faggot: in Belleville, walking around like that, I respect it.”

Alteration of pédé, probably under the influence of the above word.