bicycle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
broadcasting
card-games
chemistry
climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
media
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
poker
sports
television
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwís
Proto-Italic *dwis
Old Latin duis
Latin bisder.
French bi-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos
Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der.
Late Latin cyclusder.
Middle French
French cycle
French bicyclebor.
English bicycle
Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“two”) + cycle (“cycle”). By surface analysis, bi- + cycle. First attested in English in 1868, and in French in 1847.
(promiscuous woman): From double meaning of ride ("to transport oneself upon" vs. "to mount someone to have sex with them"). A communal bicycle would have many riders.
Inflected forms:
form: bicycles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bicycles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bicycling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bicycled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bicycled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
pos: noun
examples: In most English villages, as we are informed, bicycles are not allowed on the sidewalks; and the hand-books issued by English manufacturers of bicycles caution their customers that it is a forbidden practice, while in many places bells have to be attached to the bicycles even when ridden in the streets.
gloss: Any similar vehicle powered by human pedaling or steered with a handlebar, regardless of the number of wheels.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
proscribed
sometimes
examples: The small, three-wheeled bicycle-type vehicle is probably the lowest-cost set of wheels for routine, in-park patrol use.
gloss: A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
pos: noun
gloss: The best possible hand in lowball.
pos: noun
gloss: A motorbike.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
UK
gloss: A slut; a promiscuous woman.
pos: noun
tags: slang
vulgar
examples: ‘What sort of bullying does this sergeant go in for?’ ‘Character assassination,’ she said in a matter-of-fact tone that belied the very real difficulties it was causing her. ‘There’s a lot of whispering about slags and tarts behind my back and sniggers whenever I appear. Half of the men seem to think I’m a dyke who needs curing, the other half think I’m the platoon bicycle. [...]’
gloss: A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
pos: noun
gloss: The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A bicyclic molecule.
pos: noun
gloss: Two interconnected metabolic cycles.
pos: noun
examples: The fumarate produced in the argininosuccinase reaction is also an intermediate of the citric acid cycle. Thus, the cycles are, in principle, interconnected — in a process dubbed the “Krebs bicycle”.
gloss: To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: “At least it cannot be your health," said he, as his keen eyes darted over her; "so ardent a bicyclist must be full of energy.” […] “Yes, I bicycle a good deal, Mr. Holmes, and that has something to do with my visit to you to-day.”
gloss: To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.
pos: verb
tags: historical
transitive
examples: “Bicycling” defeated the possibility of topicality, a prime production habit of the network-trained production executives staffing the new entity.
In turn, two-inch tapes of these could be “bicycled” from one place to another across the country, thereby altering and improving production economies.
Synonyms: bicycle
wheel
bike
celeripede
cycle
velocipede
Related words: cycle
motorcycle
tricycle
unicycle
trike
velodrome
Derived words: antibicycle
autobicycle
a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle
a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
balance bicycle
bicyclable
bicycle bridge
bicycle carrier
bicycle chain
bicycle clip
bicycle crunch
bicycle face
bicycle gear
bicycle helmet
bicycle Irish
bicycle kick
bicycle landing gear
bicycle lane
bicyclelike
bicycle mail
bicycle monarchy
bicycle motocross
bicycle path
bicycle pump
bicycler
bicycle rack
bicycle roundabout
bicycle shorts
bicycle stand
bicycle tire
bicycle touring
bicycle tourist
bicycle wrench
bicyclian
bicyclism
bicyclist
cargo bicycle
Christ on a bicycle
e-bicycle
electric bicycle
exercise bicycle
exercycle
fandom bicycle
fixed-gear bicycle
freight bicycle
ghost bicycle
gravel bicycle
like riding a bicycle
lowrider bicycle
motorbicycle
mountain bicycle
push bicycle
recumbent bicycle
ride the cotton bicycle
road bicycle
safety bicycle
stationary bicycle
tandem bicycle
time trial bicycle
touring bicycle
town bicycle
village bicycle
water bicycle
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: fiets
lang: Akan
word: basekre
lang: Albanian
word: biçikletë
lang: Amharic
word: ብስክሌት
roman: bəskəlet
lang: Western Apache
word: iłkádilʼisí
lang: Arabic
word: دَرَّاجَة
roman: darrāja
lang: Chadian Arabic
word: بسكليت
roman: biskilēt
lang: Arabic
word: عجلة
roman: ʕagala
lang: Arabic
word: بسكلتة
roman: beskleta
lang: Arabic
word: قاري
roman: gāri
lang: Arabic
word: بسكليتة
roman: buskulēta
lang: Iraqi Arabic
word: بايسِكِل
roman: bāysikil
lang: Arabic
word: بشكليطة
roman: bišklīṭa
lang: Arabic
word: بشكليطة
roman: bšaklīṭa
lang: Arabic
word: بيسيكلت
roman: bīsīklet
lang: Arabic
word: بيسيكليت
roman: bīsīklēt
lang: Arabic
word: بِسْكْلات
roman: bisklēt
lang: Arabic
word: بسكليت
roman: bisklēt
lang: Arabic
word: بشكليت
roman: bišklēt
lang: Arabic
word: پيكاله
roman: pīkāla
lang: Arabic
word: بِسِكْليت
roman: bisiklētt
lang: Arabic
word: بِسْكْلات
roman: bisiklētt
lang: Arabic
word: بسْكليت
roman: baskalēt
lang: Arabic
word: بِسِكْليت
roman: bisiklētt
lang: Arabic
word: دَرَّاجَة
roman: darrāje
lang: Tunisian Arabic
word: بِسْكْلات
roman: bisklāt
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܕܲܪܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ
roman: darrāḡtā
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܕܲܪܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ ܗܵܘܵܝܬܵܐ
roman: darrāḡtā hāwāytā
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܒܵܝܸܣܟܸܠ
roman: bāyiskil
lang: Armenian
word: հեծանիվ
roman: hecaniv
lang: Asturian
word: bicicleta
lang: Aukan
word: baisigii
lang: Azerbaijani
word: velosiped
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dırığın
lang: Azerbaijani
word: düçərxə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: çarx
lang: Basque
word: txirrindu
lang: Basque
word: bizikleta
lang: Belarusian
word: ро́вар
roman: róvar
lang: Belarusian
word: веласіпе́д
roman: vjelasipjéd
lang: Bengali
word: ঠেংগাড়ী
roman: ṭheṅgaṛi
lang: Bengali
word: সাইকেল
roman: śaikel
lang: Bouyei
word: danycey
lang: Breton
word: bisiklet
lang: Breton
word: marc'h-houarn
lang: Bulgarian
word: колело́
roman: koleló
lang: Bulgarian
word: велосипе́д
roman: velosipéd
lang: Burmese
word: စက်ဘီး
roman: cakbhi:
lang: Burmese
word: ဘိုင်စကယ်
roman: bhuingca.kai
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: біціґель
roman: bicigelʹ
lang: Catalan
word: bicicleta
lang: Cheyenne
word: amo'a'óvâhtsestôtse
lang: Chichewa
word: njinga
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 單車 /单车
roman: daan¹ ce¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 腳車 /脚车
roman: goek³ ce¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 自行車 /自行车
roman: zi⁶ hang⁴ ce¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 腳踏車 /脚踏车
roman: goek³ daap⁶ ce¹
lang: Chinese
word: чидичәзы
roman: čidičəzɨ
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 跤踏車 /跤踏车
roman: kă-dăk-chiă
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 自行車 /自行车
roman: chhṳ-hàng-chhâ
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 腳踏車 /脚踏车
roman: kiok-tha̍p-chhâ
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 自轉車 /自转车
roman: chhṳ-chón-chhâ
lang: Chinese
word: 跤踏車 /跤踏车
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 孔明車 /孔明车
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 自轉車 /自转车
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 鐵馬 /铁马
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 鐵馬仔 /铁马仔
roman: thih-bé-á
lang: Chinese
word: 自輪車 /自轮车
roman: chū-lián-chhia
lang: Chinese
word: 動輪車 /动轮车
roman: tōng-lián-chhia
lang: Chinese
word: 獨輪車 /独轮车
roman: to̍k-lián-chhia
lang: Chinese
word: 單車 /单车
roman: tan-chhia
lang: Chinese
word: 自行車 /自行车
roman: chū-hêng-chhia
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 自行車 /自行车
roman: zìxíngchē
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 腳踏車 /脚踏车
roman: jiǎotàchē
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 單車 /单车
roman: dānchē
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鐵馬 /铁马
roman: tiěmǎ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 自由車 /自由车
roman: zìyóuchē
lang: Northern Min Chinese
word: 跤踏車 /跤踏车
roman: káu-dā-chiá
lang: Teochew
word: 跤踏車 /跤踏车
roman: ka¹ dah⁸ cia¹
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 腳踏車 /脚踏车
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 自行車 /自行车
roman: ⁶zy-yin-tsho
lang: Cornish
word: deuros
lang: Cornish
word: dewros
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: ayaqmaşina
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: ayaqmaşna
lang: Czech
word: kolo
lang: Czech
word: jizdní kolo
lang: Czech
word: bicykl
lang: Danish
word: cykel
lang: Dhivehi
word: ބައިސްކަލު
roman: baiskalu
lang: Central Dusun
word: bosikol
lang: Dutch
word: fiets
lang: Dutch
word: rijwiel
lang: Dutch
word: velo
lang: Erzya
word: кавточары
roman: kavtočarï
lang: Esperanto
word: biciklo
lang: Estonian
word: jalgratas
lang: Estonian
word: ratas
lang: Ewe
word: gasɔ
lang: Farefare
word: kutuyeho
lang: Farefare
word: kut-weefo
lang: Farefare
word: kutowefo
lang: Faroese
word: súkkla
lang: Finnish
word: polkupyörä
lang: Finnish
word: pyörä
lang: Finnish
word: fillari
lang: Finnish
word: velosipedi
lang: Flemish
word: velo
lang: French
word: vélo
lang: French
word: bicyclette
lang: French
word: vélocipède
lang: West-Frisian
word: fyts
lang: Galician
word: bicicleta
lang: Georgian
word: ველოსიპედი
roman: velosiṗedi
lang: Georgian
word: ველო
roman: velo
lang: German
word: Fahrrad
lang: German
word: Velo
lang: German
word: Drahtesel
lang: German
word: Veloziped
lang: German
word: Welo
lang: Greek
word: ποδήλατο
roman: podílato
lang: Gujarati
word: સાઇકલ
roman: sāikal
lang: Gujarati
word: પાયગાડી
roman: pāyagāḍī
lang: Haitian Creole
word: bisiklèt
lang: Hausa
word: basukur
lang: Hausa
word: keke
lang: Hebrew
word: אוֹפַנַּיִם
roman: ofanáyim
lang: Hebrew
word: זוּג אוֹפַנַּיִם
roman: zug ofanáyim
lang: Hiligaynon
word: bisikleta
lang: Hindi
word: साइकिल
roman: sāikil
lang: Hindi
word: साइकल
roman: sāikal
lang: Hindi
word: पैरगाड़ी
roman: pairgāṛī
lang: Hungarian
word: kerékpár
lang: Hungarian
word: bicikli
lang: Hungarian
word: bicaj
lang: Hungarian
word: canga
lang: Hungarian
word: bringa
lang: Iban
word: basikal
lang: Icelandic
word: reiðhjól
lang: Ido
word: biciklo
lang: Indonesian
word: sepeda
lang: Indonesian
word: pit
lang: Indonesian
word: kereta angin
lang: Interlingua
word: bicyclo
lang: Interlingua
word: bicycletta
lang: Inupiaq
word: paisakuq
lang: Irish
word: rothar
lang: Italian
word: bicicletta
lang: Italian
word: bici
lang: Italian
word: velocipede
lang: Japanese
word: 自転車
roman: jitensha
lang: Japanese
word: チャリンコ
roman: charinko
lang: Japanese
word: チャリ
roman: chari
lang: Jarawa
word: taŋg
lang: Javanese
word: ꦱꦼꦥꦺꦝꦃ
roman: sepédhah
lang: Javanese
word: ꦥꦶꦠ꧀
roman: pit
lang: Kannada
word: ಸೈಕಲ್
roman: saikal
lang: Kannada
word: ಇಗ್ಗಾಲಿ
roman: iggāli
lang: Kannada
word: ದ್ವಿಚಕ್ರ
roman: dvicakra
lang: Kannada
word: ಕಾಲುಬಂಡಿ
roman: kālubaṇḍi
lang: Kannada
word: ತುಳಿಬಂಡಿ
roman: tuḷibaṇḍi
lang: Kannada
word: ಸೈಕಲ್ಲು
roman: saikallu
lang: Kashubian
word: kòło
lang: Kazakh
word: велосипед
roman: velosiped
lang: Khmer
word: កង់
roman: kɑng
lang: Khmer
word: រទេះកង់
roman: rɔɔrɔteh kɑng
lang: Khmer
word: ប៊ីស៊ីក្លេត
roman: biisiikleet
lang: Khmer
word: ទោចក្រយាន
roman: toocakkrɑyiən
lang: Kongo
word: dikâlu
lang: Kongo
word: kivyangu-vyangu
lang: Kongo
word: mvelo
lang: Korean
word: 자전거
roman: jajeon'geo
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: duçerxe
lang: Kyrgyz
word: велосипед
roman: velosiped
lang: Kyrgyz
word: чалынгыч
roman: calıngıc
lang: Lao
word: ລົດຖີບ
roman: lot thīp
lang: Latin
word: birota
lang: Latvian
word: velosipēds
lang: Latvian
word: divritenis
lang: Lingala
word: nkíngá
lang: Lingala
word: nkinga
lang: Lingala
word: velo
lang: Lithuanian
word: dviratis
lang: Lü
word: ᦷᦟᧆᦂᦳᧂᦵᦦᧃ
roman: lodk̇ungk̇wen
lang: Lü
word: ᦷᦟᧆᦏᦲᧇᧈ
roman: lodṫhiib¹
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Vëlo
lang: Macedonian
word: велосипе́д
roman: velosipéd
lang: Macedonian
word: точак
roman: točak
lang: Macedonian
word: бицикла
roman: bicikla
lang: Malay
word: basikal
lang: Malay
word: kereta angin
lang: Malay
word: sepeda
lang: Malay
word: pit
lang: Malayalam
word: സൈക്കിൾ
roman: saikkiḷ
lang: Maltese
word: rota
lang: Maltese
word: bajsikil
lang: Maltese
word: biċikletta
lang: Manx
word: daachiarkyl
lang: Manx
word: daawheeyl
lang: Māori
word: paihikara
lang: Marathi
word: सायकल
roman: sāykal
lang: Marshallese
word: baajkōļ
lang: Central Melanau
word: basikal
lang: Mon
word: ကွဳလိုန်
lang: Mongolian
word: унадаг дугуй
roman: unadag duguj
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠤᠨᠤᠳᠠᠭ ᠳᠤᠭᠤᠢ
roman: unudag duɣui
lang: Moore
word: kut weefo
lang: Moore
word: keekee
lang: Nahuatl
word: omalacatl
lang: Nahuatl
word: omemalacatl
lang: Navajo
word: dziʼizí
lang: Nepali
word: साइकल
roman: sāikal
lang: Norman
word: bike
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sykkel
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sykkel
lang: Occitan
word: bicicleta
lang: Odia
word: ସାଇକେଲ
roman: sāikela
lang: Pali
word: စက္ကယုဂံ
roman: cakkayugaṃ
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: бициґла
roman: bicigla
lang: Pashto
word: جولا ګاډی
roman: jolā gāday
lang: Pashto
word: بايسکل
roman: bāyskel
lang: Pashto
word: سايکل
roman: sāykal
lang: Dari
word: بَایْسِکِل
roman: bāysikil
lang: Dari
word: بَایْسِیکِل
roman: bāysīkil
lang: Iranian Persian
word: دوچَرْخِه
roman: dočarxe
lang: Polish
word: rower
lang: Portuguese
word: bicicleta
lang: Portuguese
word: baique
lang: Punjabi
word: ਸਾਈਕਲ
roman: sāīkal
lang: Punjabi
word: سیکل
roman: sekl
lang: Quechua
word: iskaymuyu
lang: Quechua
word: antapyu
lang: Quechua
word: lata wuru
lang: Romanian
word: bicicletă
lang: Romanian
word: biclă
lang: Romansh
word: velo
lang: Russian
word: велосипе́д
roman: velosipéd
lang: Russian
word: ве́лик
roman: vélik
lang: Samogitian
word: dvėratis
lang: Sanskrit
word: द्विचक्रिका
roman: dvicakrikā
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: baidhsagal
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: rothair
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: rothar dà-chuibhleach
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: baic
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бицѝкл
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: bicìkl
lang: Sicilian
word: bicìculu
lang: Sicilian
word: bicicretta
lang: Sicilian
word: bici
lang: Sindhi
word: سائيڪل
roman: sāekl
lang: Sinhalese
word: බයිසිකලය
roman: bayisikalaya
lang: Sinhalese
word: පාපැදි
roman: pāpædi
lang: Slovak
word: bicykel
lang: Slovene
word: kolo
lang: Somali
word: baskiil
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: kólaso
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: koleso
lang: Sotho
word: baesekele
lang: Southern Altai
word: велосипед
roman: velosiped
lang: Spanish
word: bicicleta
lang: Spanish
word: bici
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: baisigri
lang: Swahili
word: baisikeli
lang: Swahili
word: baiskeli
lang: Swahili
word: baiskili
lang: Swedish
word: cykel
lang: Swedish
word: tvåhjuling
lang: Tagalog
word: bisikleta
lang: Tajik
word: дучарха
roman: dučarxa
lang: Tajik
word: велосипед
roman: velosiped
lang: Tajik
word: шайтонароба
roman: šaytonaroba
lang: Talysh
word: دؤچرخه
roman: dücarxa
lang: Talysh
word: دوچرخه
roman: ducarxa
lang: Tamil
word: மிதிவண்டி
roman: mitivaṇṭi
lang: Tamil
word: சைக்கிள்
roman: caikkiḷ
lang: Tatar
word: велосипед
roman: welosiped
lang: Telugu
word: సైకిలు
roman: saikilu
lang: Thai
word: จักรยาน
roman: jàk-grà-yaan
lang: Thai
word: รถถีบ
roman: rót-tìip
lang: Tibetan
word: རྐང་འཁོར
roman: rkang 'khor
lang: Tibetan
word: ལྕགས་རྟ
roman: lcags rta
lang: Tigrinya
word: ብሽክለታ
roman: bəškəläta
lang: Tok Pisin
word: wilwil
lang: Tolai
word: aingau
lang: Tonga (Zambia)
word: ncinga
lang: Turkish
word: bisiklet
lang: Turkish
word: çalınga
lang: Turkish
word: velespit
lang: Turkish
word: derrace
lang: Turkish
word: düçerha
lang: Turkmen
word: welosiped
lang: Ukrainian
word: велосипе́д
roman: velosypéd
lang: Ukrainian
word: ро́вер
roman: róver
lang: Urdu
word: سائِیکِل
roman: sāīkil
lang: Urdu
word: بائِیسِکَل
roman: bāīsikal
lang: Uyghur
word: ۋېلىسىپىت
roman: wëlisipit
lang: Uzbek
word: velosiped
lang: Vietnamese
word: xe đạp
lang: Volapük
word: saikul
lang: Volapük
word: telaluib
lang: Võro
word: jalgratas
lang: Welsh
word: beisicl
lang: Welsh
word: beic
lang: Welsh
word: deurodur
lang: Yakut
word: бэлэсипиэт
roman: belesipiet
lang: Yakut
word: велосипед
roman: velosiped
lang: Yiddish
word: ביציקל
roman: bitsikl
lang: Yiddish
word: ראָווער
roman: rover
lang: Yiddish
word: וועלאָסיפּעד
roman: velosiped
lang: Yiddish
word: ביציקלעט
roman: bitsiklet
lang: Zhuang
word: danci