bicycle

English

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A bicycle

Etymology

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 Superseded earlier velocipede.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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪsɪkəl/, /ˈbaɪˌsɪkəl/, /ˈbaɪˌsaɪkəl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪsɪkəl, -aɪˌsɪkəl, -aɪˌsaɪkəl
• Hyphenation: bi‧cy‧cle

Noun

bicycle ‎(plural bicycles)

1. 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.
2. A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
3. The best possible hand in lowball.
4. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A motorbike.

Synonyms

• bike (colloquial)
• cycle
• push-bike, pushbike
• velocipede
• See also Wikisaurus:bicycle

Translations

vehicle

• Afrikaans: fiets
• Albanian: biçikletë (sq) f
• Amharic: ብስክሌት ‎(bəsklet)
• Arabic: دَرَّاجَة (ar) f ‎(darrāja)

  Egyptian Arabic: عجلة f ‎(ʿagala), بسكلتة f ‎(beskleta)

  Hijazi Arabic: بسكليتة f ‎(buskulēta)

  Moroccan: بشكليت ‎(bešklīt), بشكليطة ‎(bišklīṭa)

• Armenian: հեծանիվ (hy) ‎(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: колело́ (bg) n ‎(koleló), велосипе́д (bg) m ‎(velosipéd)
• Burmese: စက်ဘီး (my) ‎(cakbhi:)
• Catalan: bicicleta (ca) f
• Central Melanau: basikal
• Cheyenne: amo'a'óvâhtsestôtse
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 單車, 单车 ‎(daan¹ ce¹), 腳車, 脚车 ‎(goek³ ce¹), 自行車, 自行车 ‎(zi⁶ hang⁴ ce¹), 腳踏車, 脚踏车 ‎(goek³ daap⁶ ce¹)

  Hakka: 自行車, 自行车 ‎(chhṳ-hàng-chhâ), 腳踏車, 脚踏车 ‎(kiok-tha̍p-chhâ), 自轉車, 自转车 ‎(chhṳ-chón-chhâ)

  Mandarin: 自行車 (zh), 自行车 (zh) ‎(zìxíngchē), 腳踏車 (zh), 脚踏车 (zh) ‎(jiǎotàchē) (Taiwan), 單車 (zh), 单车 (zh) ‎(dānchē) (regional), 鐵馬 (zh), 铁马 (zh) ‎(tiěmǎ) (Taiwan), 自由車, 自由车 ‎(zìyóuchē)

  Min Nan: 跤踏車 (zh-min-nan), 跤踏车 ‎(kha-ta̍h-chhia), 孔明車 (zh-min-nan), 孔明车 ‎(khóng-bêng-chhia), 自轉車 (zh-min-nan), 自转车 ‎(chū-choán-chhia), 鐵馬 (zh-min-nan), 铁马 (zh-min-nan) ‎(thih-bé), 鐵馬仔, 铁马仔 ‎(thih-bé-á), 自輪車, 自轮车 ‎(chū-lián-chhia), 動輪車, 动轮车 ‎(tōng-lián-chhia), 獨輪車, 独轮车 ‎(to̍k-lián-chhia), 單車, 单车 ‎(tan-chhia), 自行車, 自行车 ‎(chū-hêng-chhia)

  Wu: 腳踏車, 脚踏车 ‎(jiaq daq tsho)

• Cornish: deuros, dewros f
• Czech: kolo (cs) n, jizdní kolo n, bicykl (cs) m
• Danish: cykel (da) c
• Dutch: fiets (nl) m, rijwiel (nl) n (usually a bicycle), fiets (nl)
• Erzya: кавточары ‎(kavtočary)
• 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 ‎(velosiṗedi), ველო ‎(velo) (colloquial)
• German: Fahrrad (de) n, Velo (de) n (Switzerland), colloquial: Drahtesel (de) m

  Alemannic German: Welo n

• 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 ‎(sāikil)
• Hungarian: kerékpár (hu), bicikli (hu)
• Iban: basikal
• Icelandic: reiðhjól (is) n
• Ido: biciklo (io)
• Indonesian: sepeda (id)
• Interlingue: bicicle
• Irish: rothar (ga) m
• Isan: please add this translation if you can
• 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)
• Kannada: ಸೈಕಲ್ (kn) ‎(saikal), ಇಗ್ಗಾಲಿ (kn) ‎(iggāli), ದ್ವಿಚಕ್ರ ‎(dvicakra), ಕಾಲುಬಂಡಿ ‎(kālubaṃḍi), ಕಾಲುಬಂಡಿ ‎(kālubaṃḍi), ತುಳಿಬಂಡಿ (kn) ‎(tuḷibaṃḍi), ಸೈಕಲ್ಲು (kn) ‎(saikallu)
• 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 (ky) ‎(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

• Lü: ᦷᦟᧆᦂᦳᧂᦵᦦᧃ ‎(lot kuŋ kwen), ᦷᦟᧆᦏᦲᧇᧈ ‎(lot tʰiip)
• Macedonian: велосипе́д m ‎(velosipéd), (colloquial) точак m ‎(točak)
• Malay: basikal (ms), kereta angin, sepeda, pit
• Malayalam: സൈക്കിൾ (ml) ‎(saikkiḷ)
• Maltese: rota (mt)
• Manx: daachiarkyl, daawheeyl
• Maori: paihikara
• Marathi: सायकल ‎(saykal)
• Mongolian: унадаг дугуй (mn) ‎(unadag duguj)
• Nahuatl: omalacatl, omemalacatl (nah)
• Navajo: dziʼizí
• Norman: bike f (Jersey)
• 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 (sh) m

• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• 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)
• Tibetan: རྐང་འཁོར ‎(rkang 'khor)
• Tolai: aingau
• Turkish: bisiklet (tr)
• Turkmen: welosiped
• Ukrainian: велосипе́д (uk) m ‎(velosypéd)
• Urdu: سائیکل f ‎(sā'ikil), بائیسکل f ‎(bā'īsikal)
• Uzbek: velosiped (uz)
• Vietnamese: xe đạp (vi) (車踏)
• Volapük: saikul (vo), (obsolete) telaluib
• Võro: jalgratas
• Welsh: beic (cy) m, deurodur m
• West Frisian: fyts (fy)
• Yiddish: ביציקל m ‎(bitsikl), ראָווער m ‎(rover), וועלאָסיפּעד m ‎(velosiped), ביציקלעט m ‎(bitsiklet)
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} cyclo- (nl) (only used in compounds), ^{(please verify)} rijwiel (nl) n (usually a bicycle)

Verb

bicycle ‎(third-person singular simple present bicycles, present participle bicycling, simple past and past participle bicycled)

1. To travel or exercise using a bicycle.

Translations

to ride a bicycle

• Dutch: fietsen (nl)
• Esperanto: bicikli
• French: faire du vélo, faire de la bicyclette, rouler à vélo
• German: Rad fahren (de), (colloquial) radeln (de)
• Greek: ποδηλατώ (el) ‎(podilató)

• Icelandic: hjóla (is)
• Ido: biciklagar (io)
• Spanish: ciclear
• Swedish: cykla (sv)
• Volapük: saikulön (vo)
• Yiddish: ביציקלירן ‎(bitsiklirn)

See also

• like riding a bicycle
• motorcycle
• tricycle
• unicycle

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French

Noun

bicycle m ‎(plural bicycles)

1. bicycle

Synonyms

• bicyclette