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Etymology [ edit ] From bi- “ two ” ) + Ancient Greek κύκλος kuklos , “ circle, wheel ” ), on the pattern of tricycle French bicyclette 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 .
Synonyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
vehicle
Afrikaans: fiets
Albanian: biçikletë (sq) f
Amharic: ብስክሌት bəsəkəlet )
Arabic: دراجة (ar) f darrāja )
Moroccan: بشكليت bešklīt ), بشكليطة bišklīṭa )
Armenian: հեծանիվ hecaniv )
Asturian: bicicleta f
Azeri: velosiped (az)
Basque: txirrindu (eu) , bizikleta (eu)
Belarusian: ро́вар m róvar ), веласіпе́д m vjelasipjéd )
Bengali: বাইসাইকেল ba'isa'ikel ), সাইকেল sa'ikel )
Breton: bisiklet m marc'h-houarn (br) m
Bulgarian: колело (bg) n koleló ), велосипед (bg) m velosipéd )
Burmese: စက်ဘီး (my) (se' bein: )
Catalan: bicicleta (ca) f
Cheyenne: amo'a'óvâhtsestôtse
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自行車 自行车 (zh) (zìxíngchē ), 腳踏車 (zh) , 脚踏车 (zh) (jiǎotàchē ) ( Taiwan ) 單車 单车 (zh) (dānchē ) ( regional )
Cornish: deuros dewros
Czech: kolo (cs) n jizdní kolo n bicykl (cs) m
Danish: cykel (da) c
Dutch: fiets (nl) m rijwiel (nl) n ( usually a bicycle )
Esperanto: biciklo
Estonian: jalgratas (et)
Ewe: gasɔ
Faroese: súkkla (fo) f
Finnish: polkupyörä (fi)
Flemish: velo (nl) m
French: vélo (fr) m bicyclette (fr) f
Galician: bicicleta (gl) f
Georgian: ველოსიპედი velosipedi ), ველო velo ) ( colloquial )
German: Fahrrad (de) n Velo (de) n ( Switzerland ) Drahtesel (de) m
Greek: ποδήλατο (el) n podílato )
Gujarati: સાઇકલ sā'ikal )
Hebrew: אוֹפַנַּיִם (he) m pl ofanáyim ), זוּג אוֹפַנַּיִם m zug ofanáyim )
Hiligaynon: bisikleta
Hindi: साइकिल (hi) f sā'ikil )
Hungarian: kerékpár (hu) , bicikli (hu)
Icelandic: reiðhjól (is) n
Ido: biciklo (io)
Indonesian: sepeda (id)
Interlingue: bicicle
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 charinko ), ( abbreviation ) チャリ chari )
Javanese: ꦱꦼꦥꦺꦝꦃ sepédhah ), ꦥꦶꦠ꧀ pit )
Jèrriais: bike f
Kannada: ಸೈಕಲ್ (kn) (saikal )
Kashubian: kòło
Kazakh: велосипед (kk) (velosïped )
Khmer: កង់ (km) (gong ), រទេះកង់ radtayh gong )
Kongo: dikâlu kivyangu-vyangu
Korean: 자전거 (ko) (jajeongeo ) (自轉車
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: duçerxe (ku)
Kyrgyz: велосипед velosiped )
Lao: ລົດຖີບ (lo) (lot thīp )
Latin: birota f
Latvian: velosipēds m divritenis (lv) m
Lingala: nkíngá
Lithuanian: dviratis m
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: fietse
Macedonian: велосипе́д m velosipéd ), ( colloquial ) то́чак m tóčak )
Malay: basikal (ms) , kereta angin sepeda pit
Malayalam: സൈക്കിൾ (ml) (saikkiḷ )
Maltese: rota (mt)
Manx: daachiarkyl daawheeyl
Marathi: सायकल saykal )
Mongolian: унадаг дугуй (mn) (unadag duguj )
Nahuatl: omalacatl omemalacatl (nah)
Navajo: dziʼizí
Norwegian: sykkel (no) m
Oriya: ସାଇକେଲ sā'ikēl )
Persian: دوچرخه (fa) (do-čarxe )
Polish: rower (pl) m
Portuguese: bicicleta (pt) f
Quechua: iskaymuyu antapyu
Romanian: bicicletă (ro) f
Russian: велосипе́д (ru) m velosipéd ), ве́лик (ru) m vélik ) ( colloquial )
Samogitian: dvėratis
Scottish Gaelic: baidhsagal m rothair m rothar dà-chuibhleach m ( colloquial ) baic m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бицикл m
Roman: bicikl m
Sinhalese: බයිසිකලය bayisikalaya ), පාපැදි pāpædi )
Slovak: bicykel m
Slovene: kolo (sl) n
Somali: baskiil m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kólaso n
Upper Sorbian: koleso n
Sotho: baesekele (st)
Spanish: bicicleta (es) f bici (es) f ( informal )
Swahili: baisikeli class 9 /10 , baiskeli (sw) , baiskili
Swedish: cykel (sv) c tvåhjuling (sv) c
Tagalog: bisikleta
Tajik: дучарха dučarxa )
Talysh:
Anbarani: دؤچرخه dücarxa )
Asalemi: دوچرخه ducarxa )
Tamil: மிதிவண்டி (ta) (mitivaṇṭi )
Tatar: велосипед welosiped )
Telugu: సైకిలు (te) (saikilu )
Thai: จักรยาน (th) (jàk-grà-yaan )
Tolai: aingau
Turkish: bisiklet (tr)
Turkmen: welosiped
Ukrainian: велосипе́д m velosypéd )
Urdu: سائیکل f sā'ikil ), بائیسکل f bā'īsikal )
Uzbek: velosiped
Vietnamese: xe đạp (vi) (車踏
Volapük: saikul (vo) , ( obsolete ) telaluib
Võro: jalgratas
Welsh: beic (cy) m
West Frisian: fyts (fy)
Yiddish: ביציקל m bitsikl ), ראָווער m rover ), וועלאָסיפּעד m velosiped ), ביציקלעט m bitsiklet )
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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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