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Etymology [edit]
From bi- (“two”) + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kuklos, “circle, wheel”), on the pattern of tricycle. First attested in English in 1868, from French bicyclette (1847). Superseded earlier velocipede.
Pronunciation [edit]
bicycle (plural bicycles)
- A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
- A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
- The best possible hand in lowball.
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Translations [edit]
vehicle
- Afrikaans: fiets (af)
- Albanian: biçikletë (sq) f
- Arabic: دراجة (ar) (darrāja) f
- Moroccan: بشكليت (bešklīt), بشكليطة (bišklīṭa)
- Armenian: հեծանիվ (hy) (heçaniv)
- Asturian: bicicleta (ast) f
- Azeri: velosiped (az)
- Basque: txirrindu (eu), bizikleta (eu)
- Belarusian: ровар (be) (róvar) m, веласіпед (be) (vjelasipjéd) m
- Bengali: বাইসাইকেল (bn) (ba'isa'ikel), সাইকেল (bn) (sa'ikel)
- Breton: bisiklet (br) m, marc'h-houarn (br) m
- Bulgarian: колело (bg) (koleló) n, велосипед (bg) (velosipéd) m
- Burmese: စက်ဘီး (my) (se' bein:)
- Catalan: bicicleta (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 自行車 (cmn), 自行车 (cmn) (zìxíngchē), 腳踏車 (cmn), 脚踏车 (cmn) (jiǎotàchē) (Taiwan), 單車 (cmn), 单车 (cmn) (dānchē) (regional)
- Cornish: deuros (kw), dewros (kw)
- Czech: kolo (cs) n, jizdní kolo (cs) n
- Danish: cykel (da) c
- Dutch: fiets (nl) m, cyclo- (nl) (only used in compounds), rijwiel (nl) n (usually a bicycle)
- Esperanto: biciklo (eo)
- Estonian: jalgratas (et)
- Ewe: gasɔ
- Faroese: súkkla (fo) f
- Finnish: polkupyörä (fi)
- Flemish: velo m
- French: vélo (fr) m, bicyclette (fr) f
- Galician: bicicleta (gl) f
- Georgian: ველოსიპედი (ka) (velosipedi), ველო (ka) (velo) (colloquial)
- German: Fahrrad (de) n, Velo (de) n (Switzerland), colloquial: Drahtesel (de) m
- Greek: ποδήλατο (el) (podílato) n
- Gujarati: સાઇકલ (gu) (sā'ikal)
- Hebrew: אוֹפַנַּיִם (he) (ofanáyim) m pl, זוּג אוֹפַנַּיִם (he) (zug ofanáyim) m
- Hiligaynon: bisikleta
- Hindi: साइकिल (hi) (sā'ikil) f
- Hungarian: kerékpár (hu), bicikli (hu)
- Icelandic: reiðhjól (is) n
- Ido: biciklo (io)
- Indonesian: sepeda (id)
- Interlingue: bicicle (ie)
- Irish: rothar (ga) m
- Italian: bicicletta (it) f, bici (it) f (informal)
- Japanese: 自転車 (ja) (じてんしゃ, jitensha), (colloquial) チャリンコ (ja) (charinko), (abbreviation) チャリ (ja) (chari)
- Jèrriais: bike f
- Kannada: ಸೈಕಲ್ (kn) (saikal)
- Kazakh: велосипед (kk) (velosïped)
- Khmer: កង់ (km) (gong), រទេះកង់ (km) (radtayh gong)
- Korean: 자전거 (ko) (jajeongeo) (自轉車 (ko))
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- Kyrgyz: велосипед (ky) (velosiped)
- Lao: ລົດຖີບ (lo) (lot thīp)
- Latin: birota (la) f
- Latvian: velosipēds (lv), divritenis (lv)
- Lithuanian: dviratis (lt) m
- Macedonian: велосипед (mk) (velosipéd) m, (colloquial) точак (mk) (tóčak) m
- Malay: basikal (ms), kereta angin (ms), sepeda (ms)
- Malayalam: സൈക്കിൾ (ml) (saikkiḷ)
- Maltese: rota (mt)
- Manx: daachiarkyl (gv), daawheeyl (gv)
- Marathi: सायकल (mr) (saykal)
- Mongolian: унадаг дугуй (mn) (unadag duguj)
- Navajo: dziʼizí
- Norwegian: sykkel (no) m
- Persian: دوچرخه (fa) (do-čarxe)
- Polish: rower (pl) m
- Portuguese: bicicleta (pt) f
- Romanian: bicicletă (ro) f
- Russian: велосипед (ru) (velosipéd) m, велик (ru) (vélik) m (colloquial)
- Scottish Gaelic: baidhsagal (gd) m, rothair (gd) m, rothar dà-chuibhleach (gd) m, (colloquial) baic (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бицикл (sh) m
- Roman: bicikl (sh) m
- Sinhalese: බයිසිකලය (si) (baisikalaya)
- Slovak: bicykel (sk) m
- Slovene: kolo (sl) n
- Somali: baskiil (so) m
- Sotho: baesekele (st)
- Spanish: bicicleta (es) f, bici (es) f (informal)
- Swahili: baisikeli (sw) (noun 9/10), baiskeli (sw), baiskili (sw)
- Swedish: cykel (sv) c, tvåhjuling (sv) c
- Tagalog: bisikleta (tl)
- Tajik: дучарха (tg) (dučarxa)
- Talysh:
- Anbarani: دؤچرخه (dücarxa)
- Asalemi: دوچرخه (ducarxa)
- Tamil: மிதிவண்டி (ta) (mitivaṇṭi)
- Tatar: велосипед (tt) (velosiped)
- Telugu: సైకిలు (te) (saikilu)
- Thai: จักรยาน (th) (jàk-grà-yaan)
- Turkish: bisiklet (tr)
- Turkmen: welosiped (tk)
- Ukrainian: велосипед (uk) (velosypéd) m
- Urdu: سائیکل (ur) (sā'ikil) f, بائیسکل (ur) (bā'īsikal) f
- Uzbek: velosiped (uz)
- Vietnamese: xe đạp (vi) (車踏 (vi))
- Volapük: saikul (vo), (obsolete) telaluib (vo)
- Welsh: beic (cy) m
- West Frisian: fyts (fy)
- Yiddish: ביציקל (yi) (bitsíkl) m, ראָווער (yi) (róver) m, וועלאָסיפּעד (yi) (velosipéd) m, ביציקלעט (yi) (bitsiklét) m
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bicycle (third-person singular simple present bicycles, present participle bicycling, simple past and past participle bicycled)
- To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
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