tandem

English

Etymology

From Latin tandem (“at length, at last (of time)”), from tam (“so”) + suffix -dem. Sense of bicycles with two seats from 1884.

Noun

Wikipedia tandem (plural tandems)

1. A bicycle with two seats, two sets of pedals, and two wheels; a bicycle-built-for-two.

   we used to ride this tandem

2. An arrangement of two or more objects arranged one behind the other.

   driving cars in tandem

Synonyms

• bicycle-built-for-two
• tandem bicycle

Derived terms

• in tandem
• tandem trailer
• tandemwise

Translations

bicycle

Czech: tandem (cs) m. Danish: tandem (da) c., tandemcykel (da) c. Faroese: tvísúkkla (fo) f. Finnish: tandem, tandempyörä French: tandem (fr) m.

Greek: τάντεμ (el) (tántem) n. Hungarian: tandem (hu) Italian: tandem (it) m. Russian: тандем (ru) (tandém) m.

arrangement

Finnish: tandem (fi)

Russian: тандем (ru) (tandem), пара (ru) (para)

Adverb

tandem (not comparable)

1. One behind the other.

   ride tandem on a bicycle-built-for-two

Translations

One behind the other

Russian: гуськом (ru) (gus'kóm), цугом (ru) (cúgom), тандемом (ru) (tandémom) (on a bicycle)

Adjective

tandem (not comparable)

1. Together; working as one.

   Their skillful tandem work made the project successful and quick.

Translations

together; working as one

Finnish: yhteistyössä, yhdessä

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Czech

Wikipedia ^cs

Noun

tandem m.

1. tandem

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French

Etymology

Latin tandem

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɑ̃.dɛm/

Noun

tandem m. (plural tandems)

1. tandem (vehicle, bicycle)

Anagrams

• dament

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Italian

Noun

tandem m. inv.

1. tandem (all senses)

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Latin

Adverb

tandem

1. at length, at last, finally, in the end