velocipede

See also: vélocipède

English

A velocipede.

Etymology

Borrowed from French vélocipède, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin velox (“swift”) + pes (“foot”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈlɒs.ɪ.piːd/
• Hyphenation: ve‧lo‧ci‧pede

Noun

velocipede (plural velocipedes)

1. (historical) An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.
2. (archaic) Any three- or four-wheeled machine driven by foot or hand levers to the rear or front axle.
3. (archaic) A late-1860s bicycle driven by cranks on the front axle.
4. (humorous) A bicycle.
   • 1992, Robert Rankin, The Antipope (page 197)

     […] his eyes fell upon the instantly recognizable if somewhat battered form of his own bicycle bell. […] 'Hold up there!' he cried, and 'Enough of that! Let loose that velocipede!'
     Archroy heard the Irishman's frenzied cries and released his grip. Marchant toppled to the dust in a tangle of flailing spokes.

Synonyms

• (a late 1860s bicycle): boneshaker

Related terms

• celeripede
• velocity
• velodrome

Translations

Early two-wheeled conveyance

• Basque: belozipedo (eu)
• Catalan: velocípede m
• Czech: velocipéd (cs) m
• Danish: velociped c
• Esperanto: velocipedo
• Finnish: velosipedi (fi)
• French: vélocipède (fr) m
• Galician: velocípede (gl) m
• Georgian: ველოსიპედი (velosiṗedi), დრეზინი (drezini)
• German: Veloziped (de) n
• Hungarian: velocipéd (hu)
• Ido: velocipedo (io)
• Italian: velocipede (it) m
• Japanese: ベロシペード (beroshipēdo)
• Latvian: velosipēds m
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• Macedonian: велосипе́д m (velosipéd)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: velosiped m

  Nynorsk: velosiped m

• Polish: welocyped (pl) m
• Portuguese: velocípede (pt) m
• Romanian: velociped (ro) n
• Russian: костотря́с (ru) m (kostotrjás), велосипе́д (ru) m (velosipéd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: велосѝпе̄д m

  Roman: velosìpēd (sh) m

• Slovak: velocipéd (sk) m
• Spanish: velocípedo (es) m

(archaic) generic term for three- and four-wheeled machines driven by hand or foot levers

• Portuguese: velocípede (pt) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

(archaic) a bicycle driven by cranks on the front axle

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Verb

1. to ride on velocipede

Further reading

• Wikipedia entry for bicycle
• The Bicycle Museum of America — examples of the evolution of two-wheeled travel

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Italian

Noun

velocipede m (plural velocipedi)

1. velocipede

Derived terms

• velocipedastro
• velocipedista
• velocipedistico

See also

• bicicletta