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See also: motor cycle and motor-cycle
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊtəˌsaɪkəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, [ˈmoʊɾɚˌsaɪkl̩]
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: mo‧tor‧cy‧cle
Noun[edit]
motorcycle (plural motorcycles)
- An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
- 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 43:
- Vern rubbed her hands along the motorcycles, admiring their size and power, their silver and black sleekness.
Synonyms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
- bicycle, bike, e-bike (differentiated by societal convention even when having two or three wheels and a motor)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Bengali: মোটর সাইকেল (mōṭor śaikel)
- → Danish: motorcykel
- → Hindi: मोटरसाइकिल (moṭarsāikil)
- → Malay: motosikal
- → Norwegian Bokmål: motorsykkel
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: motorsykkel
- → Swedish: motorcykel
- → Thai: มอเตอร์ไซค์ (mɔɔ-dtəə-sai)
Translations[edit]
open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel
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See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
motorcycle (third-person singular simple present motorcycles, present participle motorcycling, simple past and past participle motorcycled)
- (intransitive) To ride a motorcycle.
Translations[edit]
to ride a motorcycle
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