handlebar

English

Handlebars on a bicycle.

Etymology

handle +‎ bar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhændəlbɑː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhændəlbɑːɹ/

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Noun

handlebar (plural handlebars)

1. The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle, usually used in the plural.

Derived terms

• handlebar moustache

Translations

bar for steering

• Afrikaans: stuur (af)
• Armenian: ղեկ (hy) (ġek)
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• Breton: barrenn-stur (br) f
• Bulgarian: велосипедно кормило n (velosipedno kormilo)
• Catalan: manillar m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 車把／车把 (zh) (chēbǎ), 车把 (zh) (chēbǎ)

• Danish: styr (da) n, cykelstyr (da) n
• Dutch: stuur (nl) n, fietsstuur (nl) n (of a bicycle), motorstuur n (of a motorbike)
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• Finnish: ohjaustanko (fi)
• French: guidon (fr)
• Georgian: საჭე (sač̣e)
• German: Lenker (de) m
• Greek: τιμόνι (el) n (timóni)
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• Indonesian: setang (id)
• Irish: hanlaí m pl, lámha (ga) f pl
• Italian: manubrio (it) m
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• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: hānara
• Mongolian: жолоо (mn) (žoloo)
• Norman: manchelles f pl
• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kierownica (pl) f
• Portuguese: guidom m, guidão (pt) m
• Romanian: ghidon (ro) n, mâner (ro) n
• Russian: руль (ru) m (rulʹ)
• Spanish: manillar (es) m
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: styre (sv) n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: ལག་འཇུ (lag 'ju)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: tay lái (vi)
• West Frisian: stjoer n
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• handlebar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia