[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
Often said to be from French, but probably coined from bi- ("two") + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kuklos, “circle, wheel”) on the pattern of tricycle.
[edit] Pronunciation
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.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
vehicle
- Afrikaans: fiets (af)
- Albanian: biçikletë (sq) f.
- Arabic: دراجة (ar) (darraaja) f.
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- Armenian: հեծանիվ (hy) (heçaniv)
- Basque: txirrindu (eu), bizikleta (eu)
- Belarusian: ровар (be) (róvar) m.
- Bosnian: bicikl (bs) m.
- Breton: bisiklet (br) m., marc'h-houarn (br) m.
- Bulgarian: колело (bg) (kolelo) n., велосипед (bg) (velosipéd) m.
- Catalan: bicicleta (ca) m.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 自行車 (cmn), 自行车 (cmn) (zìxíngchē), (Taiwan) 腳踏車 (cmn), 脚踏车 (cmn) (jiǎotàchē), 單車 (cmn) (regional), 单车 (cmn) (dānchē)
- Cornish: deuros (variant: dewros)
- Croatian: bicìkl (hr) m.
- Czech: kolo (cs) n., jizdní kolo (cs) n.
- Danish: cykel (da) c.
- Dutch: fiets (nl) m.
- Esperanto: biciklo (eo)
- Estonian: jalgratas (et)
- Ewe: gasɔ
- Faroese: súkkla (fo) f.
- Finnish: polkupyörä (fi)
- Flemish: velo m.
- French: bicyclette (fr) f., vélo (fr) m.
- German: Fahrrad (de) n., Velo (de) n. (Switzerland), colloquial: Drahtesel (de) m.
- Greek: ποδήλατο (el) (podílato) n.
- Hebrew: אופניים (he) (ofnáim) m. pl.
- Hiligaynon: bisikleta
- Hindi: साइकिल (hi) (sā'ikil) f.
- Hungarian: kerékpár (hu), bicikli (hu)
- Ido: biciklo
- Indonesian: sepeda (id)
- Irish: rothar (ga) m., rothair (ga) pl.
- Italian: bicicletta f., bici f. (informal)
- Japanese: 自転車 (ja) (じてんしゃ, jiténsha), (colloquial) チャリンコ (ja) (charinko), (abbreviation) チャリ (chari)
- Khmer: កង់ (km) (gong), រទេះកង់ (km) (radtayh gong)
- Korean: 자전거 (ko) (jajeongeo)
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- Latin: birota (la) f.
- Latvian: velosipēds (lv), divritenis (lv)
- Lithuanian: dviratis m.
- Macedonian: велосипед (mk) (velosipéd) m., (colloq.) точак (mk) (tóčak) m.
- Malay: basikal (ms)
- Maltese: rota (mt)
- Manx: daachiarkyl, daawheeyl
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Telugu: సైకిలు (te) (saikilu)
- Thai: จักรยาน (th) (jàk-grà-yaan)
- Turkish: bisiklet (tr)
- Ukrainian: велосипед (uk) (velosypéd) m.
- Urdu: سائیکل (ur) (sā'ikil) f., بائیسکل (ur) (bā'īsikal) f.
- Vietnamese: xe đạp (vi)
- Volapük: saikul (vo), (obsolete) telaluib (vo)
- Welsh: beic m.
- West Frisian: fyts
- Yiddish: ביציקל (yi) (bitsíkl) m., ראָווער (yi) (róver) m., וועלאָסיפּעד (yi) (velosipéd) m., ביציקלעט (yi) (bitsiklét) m.
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[edit] See also
bicycle (third-person singular simple present bicycles, present participle bicycling, simple past and past participle bicycled)
- To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
