motorcycle

English

A motorcycle (Vincent Black Lightning)

Etymology

From motor + cycle.

Noun

motorcycle (plural motorcycles)

1. An open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels.

Synonyms

• (motor-powered vehicle): bike, chopper, cycle, moped, motorbike

Derived terms

• motorcyclist

Translations

open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels

Afrikaans: motorfiets (af) Albanian: motoçikletë (sq) f. Arabic: موتوسيكل (motosíkel) m. Armenian: մոտոցիկլետ (hy) (motoc’iklet), (colloquial) մոտո (hy) (moto) Azeri: motosiklet (az) Bulgarian: велосипед (bg) m. Chinese: trad. 摩托車, simpl. 摩托车 (mótuōchē), 機車 (cmn) (jīchē) Czech: motocykl (cs) m. Danish: motorcykel (da) c. Dutch: motorfiets (nl) f. Finnish: moottoripyörä (fi) French: moto (fr) f., motocyclette (fr) f. German: Motorrad (de) n. Greek: μηχανή (mikhaní) f., δίκυκλο (ðíkiklo) n. μοτοσικλέτα (motosikléta) f. Hebrew: אוֹפַנּוֹעַ (he) (ofanóa) m. Hiligaynon: motorsiklo Hungarian: motorkerékpár (hu) Indonesian: sepeda motor (id) Irish: gluaisrothar (ga) m. Italian: motocicletta (it) f., motociclo (it) m. Japanese: オートバイ (ja) (ōtobai), バイク (ja) (baiku) Korean: 모터싸이클 (moteossaikeul)

Latvian: motocikls (lv) m. Lithuanian: motociklas m. Luxembourgish: Moto  (lb) f., Motorrad (lb) n. Macedonian: мотоцикл (mk) (motocíkl) m., мотор (mk) (mótor) m. Malay: sepeda motor (ms) Maltese: mutur m. Navajo: dziʼizítsoh Norwegian: motorsykkel (no) Persian: موتورسیکلت (fa) (motorsiklet) Polish: motocykl (pl) Portuguese: motocicleta (pt) f., moto (pt) f. Romanian: motocicletă (ro) f. Russian: мотоцикл (ru) (motocíkl) m. Slovak: motorka f., motocykel m. Sotho: sethuthuthu (st) Spanish: motocicleta f. (formal), moto f., motor m. (Dominican Republic, colloquial), motora f. (Puerto Rico, colloquial) Swahili: pikipiki (sw) Swedish: motorcykel (sv) c. Tagalog: motorsiklo (tl) Vietnamese: xe mô tô (vi) Welsh: beic modur (cy) m.

Verb

motorcycle (third-person singular simple present motorcycles, present participle motorcycling, simple past and past participle motorcycled)

1. To motor around on a motorcycle; to ride.