unicycle

English

Etymology

uni- +‎ cycle.

a unicycle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjun.ɪˌsaɪ.kəl/, /ˈjun.əˌsaɪ.kəl/

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Noun

unicycle (plural unicycles)

1. A type of cycle that has only one wheel and is powered by pedals; it is most often used by acrobats.
   • 2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 194:

     A man rode past on a unicycle, laughing.

Derived terms

• giraffe unicycle
• unicyclist

Related terms

• bicycle
• tricycle

Translations

one-wheeled pedaled cycle

• Catalan: monocicle m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨輪車／独轮车 (zh) (dúlúnchē)

• Czech: monocykl m, jednokolka f
• Danish: unicykel c, ethjulet cykel c
• Dutch: eenwieler (nl) m
• Esperanto: unuciklo
• Estonian: üksratas
• Finnish: yksipyöräinen (fi), yksipyöräinen polkupyörä
• French: monocycle (fr) m
• German: Einrad (de) n
• Hebrew: חד אופן (he), חד־אופן
• Hungarian: egykerekű (hu)
• Icelandic: einhjól n
• Ido: monociklo
• Italian: monociclo m
• Japanese: 一輪車 (ja) (いちりんしゃ, ichirinsha), ユニサイクル (yunisaikuru)
• Korean: 외발자전거 (ko) (oebaljajeon'geo)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: vienratis m
• Malay: ekasikal
• Norwegian: etthjulssykkel c
• Polish: rower jednokołowy m, monocykl (pl) m
• Portuguese: monociclo (pt) m
• Russian: моноци́кл (ru) m (monocíkl), уници́кл (ru) m (unicíkl), одноколёсный велосипе́д m (odnokoljósnyj velosipéd), юниса́йкл (ru) m (junisájkl)
• Serbo-Croatian: jednotočak m, jednokolka f
• Spanish: monociclo (es) m
• Swedish: enhjuling (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: tekteker
• Vietnamese: xe đạp một bánh
• Welsh: beic un olwyn m

Verb

unicycle (third-person singular simple present unicycles, present participle unicycling, simple past and past participle unicycled)

1. To travel or move around by unicycle.

Translations

to travel or move around by unicycle

• German: Einrad fahren
• Lithuanian: važiuoti vienračiu