quad bike

See also: quadbike

English

A quad bike

Etymology

From quad (“four (“4”)”) +‎ bike (“bicycle”). From being a 4-wheeled quadricycle vehicle that is ridden astride like a dirt bike (“motorcycle”). The oxymoronic character of the term, via the etymonic-level contradiction of quad ("four") in juxtaposition with the bi- behind bike ("two"), is simply ignored by idiom, as such contradictions often are.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (General American) /ˈkwɑd ˌbaɪk/, (Received Pronunciation) /ˈkwɒd ˌbaɪk/

Noun

quad bike (plural quad bikes)

2. A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, especially of a design derived from a motorcycle, usually used for recreation or farm work.

   Synonyms: quad, four-wheeler

   Hypernyms: ATV, all-terrain vehicle < vehicle

   Coordinate terms: three-wheeler; dirtbike; UTV, SxS, side-by-side

Derived terms

• quadbiking

Translations

small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle

• Afrikaans: vierwielmotorfiets
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙灘車 / 沙滩车 (shātānchē), 四輪摩托車 / 四轮摩托车 (sìlún mótuōchē)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: quad (nl) m
• Finnish: mönkijä (fi)
• French: quad (fr)
• German: Quad (de) n
• Greek: γουρούνα (el) f (gouroúna), όχημα παντός εδάφους n (óchima pantós edáfous)
• Hebrew: טרקטורון (he) m (traktoron)
• Italian: quad (it) m, quadriciclo fuoristrada m, quadrimoto f (rare)
• Polish: quad (pl) m
• Portuguese: moto-quatro (pt) f
• Russian: мотовездеход (ru) m (motovezdexod)
• Spanish: quad m, cuatri (es) m
• Swedish: fyrhjuling (sv) c
• Turkish: ATV (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can