bicycle
English
/ˈbaɪsɪkl̩/
noun
Definitions
- A vehicle that has two 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.
- A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
- The best possible hand in lowball.
- (British) A motorbike.
- (vulgar) a slut; a promiscuous woman
Etymology
Borrowed from French bicycle, cycle (cycle).
Origin
French
cycle
Gloss
cycle
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antibicycle English
- autobicycle English
- bicycle motocross English
- bicyclelike English
- bicycler English
- bicyclian English
- bicyclism English
- bicyclist English
- bike English
- cycle English
- four English
- motocross English
- motor English
- motorbicycle English
- quad English
- quad bike English
- quadbiking English
- water English
- water bicycle English
- bi- Latin
- cyclus Latin
- biciklista Hungarian
- bicicletta Italian
- bicycle French
- bicyclette French
- cyclable French
- cycle French
- cyclique French
- cycliste French
- hétérocycle French
- monocycle French
- péricycle French
- tricycle French
- bicicleta Spanish, Castilian
- κύκλος Ancient Greek
- bicicleta Portuguese
- オートバイ Japanese
- オートバイシクル Japanese
- bicykl Polish
- cykl Polish
- cykel Danish
- cykeldæk Danish
- cykelhjelm Danish
- cykelhjul Danish
- cykelpumpe Danish
- cykelslange Danish
- cykelstyr Danish
- cykle Danish
- cyklist Danish
- motorcykel Danish
- bicikl Serbo-Croatian
- бицикл Serbo-Croatian
- bicicleta Catalan, Valencian
- bicicleta Galician
- bicicletă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- besikal Indonesian
- bisiklet Turkish
- baidhsagal Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- súkkla Faroese
- baïce Norman
- ဘိုင်စကယ် Burmese
- ביציקלעט Yiddish
- baiskeli Swahili
- bicicleta Occitan
- bajsikil Maltese
- bicicleta Asturian
- ibhayisikili Zulu
- ប៊ីស៊ីក្លេត Central Khmer
- بائیسکل Urdu
- baajikōļ Marshallese
- baajkōļ Marshallese
- ibhayisikile Xhosa
- baiskel Papiamentu
- baisikel Tok Pisin
- bizikleta Basque
- libhayisikili Swati
- bisiklet Mauritian Creole
- بسكليتة Hijazi Arabic
- basukur Hausa
- baisigri Sranan Tongo
- bisikilety Malagasy
- baskil Afar
- pasiken Chuukese
- otobay Yami
- badjigal Gamilaraay