# biker
## English
### Etymology

From bike +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbaɪ̯kɚ/
* (Standard Southern British) IPA: /ˈbɑjkə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈbajkɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪkə(ɹ)
* Homophone: bichir

### Noun

biker (plural bikers)
* A person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles, sometimes a member of a motorcycle club.
    Synonyms: (Australia, some hold that there is a distinction) bikie, motorcyclist
    Coordinate term: trucker
** 2003 November 21, David Booth, “Honda’s Rune an impressive and intoxicating easy rider”, in Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alta., page H4, column 1:Others, mostly behelmeted casual bikers whose enthusiasm for motorcycling is a monthly Sunday morning ride, also took in the gleam of the chrome and outrageous styling, but were confused that it had a Honda badge on it rather than Harley’s winged logo.
** 2004, Tom Burns, Jeffrey W. Hunter, editors, Contemporary Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Today’s Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, Scriptwriters, and Other Creative Writers, volume 187, Gale, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 15:There’s a wonderful sketch of a formidable biker called “Roundhouse,” who is “humongously fat and hasn’t had a haircut since third grade.”
** 2015 May 19, Ed Payne, “Biker gangs: A history of violence”, in CNN‎:Bikers did what bikers do. They raced around and popped wheelies. The state police were called in to clear the town. The event got big play in Life magazine and inspired the 1953 film “The Wild One,” starring Marlon Brando. His leather jacket and brooding demeanor gave a face to the bad-boy biker image.
* (cycling) A cyclist.
** 2025 January 3, Kai Burkhardt, “The best rain jackets of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN‎:Lots of pockets help with a commute, a storm hood is great if you get caught in a storm on a hike, weight and packability are essential for backpackers and if you’re a climber or biker, you’ll want a helmet-compatible hood.

#### Derived terms

* biker bar
* biker bitch
* e-biker
* fat biker
* mountain biker
* nonbiker

#### Descendants

* → French: biker (noun), bikeur
* → German: Biker
* → Italian: biker
* → Spanish: biker

#### Translations

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## Czech
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbajkr̩]

### Noun

biker m anim (female equivalent bikerka, relational adjective bikerský)
* (cycling) mountain biker

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “biker”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
* “biker” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

## French
### Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baj.kœʁ/

#### Noun

biker m (plural bikers, feminine bikeuse)
* biker
    Synonyms: bikeur, motard

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bike (verb).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baj.ke/

#### Verb

biker
* (intransitive, colloquial) to bike (ride a bike)

##### Conjugation
## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaj.ker/
* Rhymes: -ajker

### Noun

biker m or f by sense (invariable)
* (cycling) mountain biker
* biker (motorcyclist)
    Synonym: motociclista

#### Related terms

* mountain bike

### Further reading

* biker in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

### Noun

biker m (plural bikeri)
* biker

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaikeɾ/ [ˈbai̯.keɾ]
* Rhymes: -aikeɾ

### Noun

biker m (plural bikers)
* biker

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.