Image:Kusuma bike large.jpg|thumb|right|A bicycle.
English
Etymology
Often said to be from French, but probably coined from bi- ("two") + Greek κ�κλο� ("circle", "wheel") on the pattern of tricycle.
Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun
- 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.
Synonyms
bike (colloquial)
cycle
push bike, pushbike
velocipede
Translations
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Arabic: ARchar|دراجة (darrá:ja) f
:* Moroccan: ARchar|بش���ت (bešklīt)
Bosnian: bicikl#Bosnian|bicikl m, biciklo#Bosnian|biciklo n, to�ak#Bosnian|to�ak m
Breton: bisiklet, unicode|marcʼh-houarn
Bulgarian: колело (kolelo) n
Chinese (simplified): è�ªè¡�车 (zìxÃngchÄ�), è��è¸�车 (jiÇ�otà chÄ�) (Taiwan), å��车 (dÄ�nchÄ�) (Cantonese and southern dialects)
Cornish: deuros (variant: dewros)
Croatian: bicikl#Croatian|bicikl m, to�ak#Croatian|to�ak m
Czech: jizdnà kolo
Danish: cykel c
Dutch: fiets m
Esperanto: biciklo
Estonian: jalgratas
Ewe: gas�
Finnish: polkupyörä
Flemish: velo m
French: bicyclette f, vélo m
Frisian: fyts
German: Fahrrad n, Velo n (Switzerland), colloquial: Drahtesel
Greek: Ï�οδήλαÏ�ο (podÃlato) n
Hebrew: ×�×�×¤× ×�×�×� (ofnáim) m|p
Hungarian: kerékpár, bicikli
Ido: biciklo
Indonesian: sepeda
Irish: rothar m
Italian: bicicletta#Italian|bicicletta f, bici#Italian|bici f (informal)
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Japanese: �転� (�����, jiténsha), ����� (charinko) (colloq.)
Khmer: KMchar|��� (gong), KMchar|������� (radtayh gong)
Korean: ì��ì �ê±° (jajeongeo)
Lithuanian: dviratis m
Maltese: rota
Manx: daachiarkyl, daawheeyl
Navajo: unicode|áº�iʼizÃ
Norwegian: sykkel m
Polish: rower m
Portuguese: bicicleta#Portuguese|bicicleta f
Romanian: biciclet� f
Russian: вело�ипед (velosipéd) m
Scottish Gaelic: biseagal m, rothair m, baic m (colloq.)
Serbian:
Slovak: bicykel#Slovak|bicykel m
Spanish: bicicleta#Spanish|bicicleta f, bici#Spanish|bici f (informal)
Swahili: baisikeli (noun 9/10)
Swedish: cykel c, tvåhjuling c
Telugu: స��ిల� (saikilu)
Tagalog: bisikleta
Turkish: bisiklet
Ukrainian: вело�ипед (velosipéd) m
Vietnamese: xe �ạp
Welsh: beic m
Yiddish: ×�×�צ×�ק×� (bitsÃkl) m, ר×�Ö¸×�×�ער (róver) m, ×�×�×¢×�×�ָס×�פּע×� (velosipéd) m, ×�×�צ×�ק×�×¢×� (bitsiklét) m
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See also
like riding a bicycle
motorcycle
tricycle
unicycle
Verb
en-verb|bicycl|es
- To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
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