bakfiets

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbækfiːts/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɑk-/
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• General-American: /ˈbækˌfits/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbækfiːtsən/
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• General-American: /ˈbækˌfitsən/
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Borrowed from Dutch bakfiets, from bak (“container such as a box, crate, tray, or tub”) + fiets (“bicycle”). Bak is derived from French bac (“vat; ferry”), possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccu (“container”), from Latin bacar (“type of wine glass”), possibly from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “amphora”), possibly from Egyptian bꜣkt (“oil flask”). The etymology of fiets is uncertain; it is possibly derived from regional (southern Limburg) French vietse (“to run quickly”), possibly ultimately from vite (“(informal or obsolete) fast, quick”) (see further at that word). The plural form bakfietsen is borrowed from Dutch bakfietsen.

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: christianiacykel — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• Danish: ladcykel — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• Dutch: bakfiets — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• Esperanto: ŝarĝbiciklo — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• Finnish: laatikkopyörä — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• French: triporteur — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• German: Lastenfahrrad — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• German: Transportrad — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• German: Lastenrad — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• Polish: rower transportowy — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• Polish: rower towarowy — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• Polish: rower cargo — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• Polish: bakfiets — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children
• Swedish: lådcykel — bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children