kickstand

English

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Etymology

kick +‎ stand (the bar is typically kicked into place with the foot, and enables the vehicle to stand)

Noun

kickstand (plural kickstands)

1. A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.
2. A folding bar to prop up a mobile phone, tablet or similar device when it is being used on a surface.

Translations

levered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 停車支架／停车支架 (tíngchē zhījià), 車支架／车支架 (chēzhījià)

• Dutch: standaard (nl)
• Esperanto: apogstangilo
• Finnish: jalkatuki, jalka (fi), seisontatuki
• French: béquille (fr) f
• German: Fahrradständer (de) m, Ständer (de) m
• Italian: predellino (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: bétchil'ye f
• Russian: подно́жка (ru) f (podnóžka), сто́йка (ru) f (stójka)
• Spanish: pata de cabra f, pata (es) f
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: chân chống (vi)

folding bar to prop up a mobile phone

• German: Ständer (de) m
• Spanish: soporte (es) m (for smartphone, tablet), caballete (es) m (for painting)