bicycle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bi- (“two”) + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”), on the pattern of tricycle. First attested in English in 1868, from French bicyclette (1847). Superseded earlier velocipede.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈbaɪsɪkl̩/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪsɪkəl
- Hyphenation: bi‧cy‧cle
Noun[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.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A motorbike.
Synonyms[edit]
- bike (colloquial)
- cycle
- push-bike, pushbike
- velocipede
- See also Thesaurus:bicycle
Descendants[edit]
Translations[edit]
vehicle
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Verb[edit]
bicycle (third-person singular simple present bicycles, present participle bicycling, simple past and past participle bicycled)
Translations[edit]
to ride a bicycle
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See also[edit]
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
bicycle m (plural bicycles)
- bicycle
- Synonym: bicyclette
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- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from French
- English 3-syllable words
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- English lemmas
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- English countable nouns
- British English
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- New Zealand English
- English verbs
- en:Cycling
- en:Two
- en:Vehicles
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns