bicycle

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• /ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/
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• /ˈbʌɪsɪkəl/ Canada, idle-idol split
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• South-Asia: /baj.sajkɪl/
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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.

341 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: fiets — vehicle
• Akan: basekre — vehicle
• Albanian: biçikletë — vehicle
• Amharic: ብስክሌት (bəskəlet) — vehicle
• Western Apache: iłkádilʼisí — vehicle
• Arabic: دَرَّاجَة (darrāja) — vehicle
• Chadian Arabic: بسكليت (biskilēt) — vehicle
• Arabic: عجلة (ʕagala) — vehicle
• Arabic: بسكلتة (beskleta) — vehicle
• Arabic: قاري (gāri) — vehicle
• Arabic: بسكليتة (buskulēta) — vehicle
• Iraqi Arabic: بايسِكِل (bāysikil) — vehicle
• Arabic: بشكليطة (bišklīṭa) — vehicle
• Arabic: بشكليطة (bšaklīṭa) — vehicle
• Arabic: بيسيكلت (bīsīklet) — vehicle
• Arabic: بيسيكليت (bīsīklēt) — vehicle
• Arabic: بِسْكْلات (bisklēt) — vehicle
• Arabic: بسكليت (bisklēt) — vehicle
• Arabic: بشكليت (bišklēt) — vehicle
• Arabic: پيكاله (pīkāla) — vehicle
• Arabic: بِسِكْليت (bisiklētt) — vehicle
• Arabic: بِسْكْلات (bisiklētt) — vehicle
• Arabic: بسْكليت (baskalēt) — vehicle
• Arabic: بِسِكْليت (bisiklētt) — vehicle
• Arabic: دَرَّاجَة (darrāje) — vehicle
• Tunisian Arabic: بِسْكْلات (bisklāt) — vehicle
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܲܪܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ (darrāḡtā) — vehicle
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܲܪܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ ܗܵܘܵܝܬܵܐ (darrāḡtā hāwāytā) — vehicle
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܝܸܣܟܸܠ (bāyiskil) — vehicle
• Armenian: հեծանիվ (hecaniv) — vehicle
• Asturian: bicicleta — vehicle
• Aukan: baisigii — vehicle
• Azerbaijani: velosiped — vehicle
• Azerbaijani: dırığın — vehicle
• Azerbaijani: düçərxə — vehicle
• Azerbaijani: çarx — vehicle
• Basque: txirrindu — vehicle
• Basque: bizikleta — vehicle
• Belarusian: ро́вар (róvar) — vehicle
• Belarusian: веласіпе́д (vjelasipjéd) — vehicle
• Bengali: ঠেংগাড়ী (ṭheṅgaṛi) — vehicle
• Bengali: সাইকেল (śaikel) — vehicle
• Bouyei: danycey — vehicle
• Breton: bisiklet — vehicle
• Breton: marc'h-houarn — vehicle
• Bulgarian: колело́ (koleló) — vehicle
• Bulgarian: велосипе́д (velosipéd) — vehicle
• Burmese: စက်ဘီး (cakbhi:) — vehicle
• Burmese: ဘိုင်စကယ် (bhuingca.kai) — vehicle
• Carpathian Rusyn: біціґель (bicigelʹ) — vehicle
• Catalan: bicicleta — vehicle
• Cheyenne: amo'a'óvâhtsestôtse — vehicle
• Chichewa: njinga — vehicle
• Chinese Cantonese: 單車 /单车 (daan1 ce1) — vehicle
• Chinese Cantonese: 腳車 /脚车 (goek3 ce1) — vehicle
• Chinese Cantonese: 自行車 /自行车 (zi6 hang4 ce1) — vehicle
• Chinese Cantonese: 腳踏車 /脚踏车 (goek3 daap6 ce1) — vehicle
• Chinese: чидичәзы (qidičəzɨ) — vehicle
• Eastern Min Chinese: 跤踏車 /跤踏车 (kă-dăk-chiă) — vehicle
• Hakka Chinese: 自行車 /自行车 (chhṳ-hàng-chhâ) — vehicle
• Hakka Chinese: 腳踏車 /脚踏车 (kiok-tha̍p-chhâ) — vehicle
• Hakka Chinese: 自轉車 /自转车 (chhṳ-chón-chhâ) — vehicle
• Chinese: 跤踏車 /跤踏车 (zh-min-nan) — vehicle
• Chinese: 孔明車 /孔明车 (zh-min-nan) — vehicle
• Chinese: 自轉車 /自转车 (zh-min-nan) — vehicle
• Chinese: 鐵馬 /铁马 (zh-min-nan) — vehicle
• Chinese: 鐵馬仔 /铁马仔 (thih-bé-á) — vehicle
• Chinese: 自輪車 /自轮车 (chū-lián-chhia) — vehicle
• Chinese: 動輪車 /动轮车 (tōng-lián-chhia) — vehicle
• Chinese: 獨輪車 /独轮车 (to̍k-lián-chhia) — vehicle
• Chinese: 單車 /单车 (tan-chhia) — vehicle
• Chinese: 自行車 /自行车 (chū-hêng-chhia) — vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 自行車 /自行车 (zìxíngchē) — vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 腳踏車 /脚踏车 (jiǎotàchē) — vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 單車 /单车 (dānchē) — vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 鐵馬 /铁马 (tiěmǎ) — vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 自由車 /自由车 (zìyóuchē) — vehicle
• Northern Min Chinese: 跤踏車 /跤踏车 (káu-dā-chiá) — vehicle
• Teochew: 跤踏車 /跤踏车 (ka1 dah8 cia1) — vehicle
• Wu Chinese: 腳踏車 /脚踏车 — vehicle
• Wu Chinese: 自行車 /自行车 (6zy-yin-tsho) — vehicle
• Cornish: deuros — vehicle
• Cornish: dewros — vehicle
• Crimean Tatar: ayaqmaşina — vehicle
• Crimean Tatar: ayaqmaşna — vehicle
• Czech: kolo — vehicle
• Czech: jizdní kolo — vehicle
• Czech: bicykl — vehicle
• Danish: cykel — vehicle
• Dhivehi: ބައިސްކަލު (baiskalu) — vehicle
• Central Dusun: bosikol — vehicle
• Dutch: fiets — vehicle
• Dutch: rijwiel — vehicle
• Dutch: velo — vehicle
• Erzya: кавточары (kavtočarï) — vehicle
• Esperanto: biciklo — vehicle
• Estonian: jalgratas — vehicle
• Estonian: ratas — vehicle
• Ewe: gasɔ — vehicle
• Farefare: kutuyeho — vehicle
• Farefare: kut-weefo — vehicle
• Farefare: kutowefo — vehicle
• Faroese: súkkla — vehicle
• Finnish: polkupyörä — vehicle
• Finnish: pyörä — vehicle
• Finnish: fillari — vehicle
• Finnish: velosipedi — vehicle
• Flemish: velo — vehicle
• French: vélo — vehicle
• French: bicyclette — vehicle
• French: vélocipède — vehicle
• West-Frisian: fyts — vehicle
• Galician: bicicleta — vehicle
• Georgian: ველოსიპედი (velosiṗedi) — vehicle
• Georgian: ველო (velo) — vehicle
• German: Fahrrad — vehicle
• German: Velo — vehicle
• German: Drahtesel — vehicle
• German: Veloziped — vehicle
• German: Welo — vehicle
• Greek: ποδήλατο (podílato) — vehicle
• Gujarati: સાઇકલ (sāikal) — vehicle
• Gujarati: પાયગાડી (pāyagāḍī) — vehicle
• Haitian Creole: bisiklèt — vehicle
• Hausa: basukur — vehicle
• Hausa: keke — vehicle
• Hebrew: אוֹפַנַּיִם (ofanáyim) — vehicle
• Hebrew: זוּג אוֹפַנַּיִם (zug ofanáyim) — vehicle
• Hiligaynon: bisikleta — vehicle
• Hindi: साइकिल (sāikil) — vehicle
• Hindi: साइकल (sāikal) — vehicle
• Hindi: पैरगाड़ी (pairgāṛī) — vehicle
• Hungarian: kerékpár — vehicle
• Hungarian: bicikli — vehicle
• Hungarian: bicaj — vehicle
• Hungarian: canga — vehicle
• Hungarian: bringa — vehicle
• Iban: basikal — vehicle
• Icelandic: reiðhjól — vehicle
• Ido: biciklo — vehicle
• Indonesian: sepeda — vehicle
• Indonesian: pit — vehicle
• Indonesian: kereta angin — vehicle
• Interlingua: bicyclo — vehicle
• Interlingua: bicycletta — vehicle
• Inupiaq: paisakuq — vehicle
• Irish: rothar — vehicle
• Italian: bicicletta — vehicle
• Italian: bici — vehicle
• Italian: velocipede — vehicle
• Japanese: 自転車 (jitensha) — vehicle
• Japanese: チャリンコ (charinko) — vehicle
• Japanese: チャリ (chari) — vehicle
• Jarawa: taŋg — vehicle
• Javanese: ꦱꦼꦥꦺꦝꦃ (sepédhah) — vehicle
• Javanese: ꦥꦶꦠ꧀ (pit) — vehicle
• Kannada: ಸೈಕಲ್ (saikal) — vehicle
• Kannada: ಇಗ್ಗಾಲಿ (iggāli) — vehicle
• Kannada: ದ್ವಿಚಕ್ರ (dvicakra) — vehicle
• Kannada: ಕಾಲುಬಂಡಿ (kālubaṇḍi) — vehicle
• Kannada: ತುಳಿಬಂಡಿ (tuḷibaṇḍi) — vehicle
• Kannada: ಸೈಕಲ್ಲು (saikallu) — vehicle
• Kashubian: kòło — vehicle
• Kazakh: велосипед (velosiped) — vehicle
• Khmer: កង់ (kɑng) — vehicle
• Khmer: រទេះកង់ (rɔɔrɔteh kɑng) — vehicle
• Khmer: ប៊ីស៊ីក្លេត (biisiikleet) — vehicle
• Khmer: ទោចក្រយាន (toocakkrɑyiən) — vehicle
• Kongo: dikâlu — vehicle
• Kongo: kivyangu-vyangu — vehicle
• Kongo: mvelo — vehicle
• Korean: 자전거 (jajeon'geo) — vehicle
• Northern Kurdish: duçerxe — vehicle
• Kyrgyz: велосипед (velosiped) — vehicle
• Kyrgyz: чалынгыч (calıngıc) — vehicle
• Lao: ລົດຖີບ (lot thīp) — vehicle
• Latin: birota — vehicle
• Latvian: velosipēds — vehicle
• Latvian: divritenis — vehicle
• Lingala: nkíngá — vehicle
• Lingala: nkinga — vehicle
• Lingala: velo — vehicle
• Lithuanian: dviratis — vehicle
• Lü: ᦷᦟᧆᦂᦳᧂᦵᦦᧃ (lodk̇ungk̇wen) — vehicle
• Lü: ᦷᦟᧆᦏᦲᧇᧈ (lodṫhiib1) — vehicle
• Luxembourgish: Vëlo — vehicle
• Macedonian: велосипе́д (velosipéd) — vehicle
• Macedonian: точак (točak) — vehicle
• Macedonian: бицикла (bicikla) — vehicle
• Malay: basikal — vehicle
• Malay: kereta angin — vehicle
• Malay: sepeda — vehicle
• Malay: pit — vehicle
• Malayalam: സൈക്കിൾ (saikkiḷ) — vehicle
• Maltese: rota — vehicle
• Maltese: bajsikil — vehicle
• Maltese: biċikletta — vehicle
• Manx: daachiarkyl — vehicle
• Manx: daawheeyl — vehicle
• Māori: paihikara — vehicle
• Marathi: सायकल (sāykal) — vehicle
• Marshallese: baajkōļ — vehicle
• Central Melanau: basikal — vehicle
• Mon: ကွဳလိုန် — vehicle
• Mongolian: унадаг дугуй (unadag duguj) — vehicle
• Mongolian: ᠤᠨᠤᠳᠠᠭ ᠳᠤᠭᠤᠢ (unudaɣ duɣui) — vehicle
• Moore: kut weefo — vehicle
• Moore: keekee — vehicle
• Nahuatl: omalacatl — vehicle
• Nahuatl: omemalacatl — vehicle
• Navajo: dziʼizí — vehicle
• Nepali: साइकल (sāikal) — vehicle
• Norman: bike — vehicle
• Norwegian Bokmål: sykkel — vehicle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sykkel — vehicle
• Occitan: bicicleta — vehicle
• Odia: ସାଇକେଲ (sāikela) — vehicle
• Pali: စက္ကယုဂံ (cakkayugaṃ) — vehicle
• Pannonian Rusyn: бициґла (bicigla) — vehicle
• Pashto: جولا ګاډی (jolā gāday) — vehicle
• Pashto: بايسکل (bāyskel) — vehicle
• Pashto: سايکل (sāykal) — vehicle
• Dari: بَایْسِکِل (bāysikil) — vehicle
• Dari: بَایْسِیکِل (bāysīkil) — vehicle
• Iranian Persian: دوچَرْخِه (dočarxe) — vehicle
• Polish: rower — vehicle
• Portuguese: bicicleta — vehicle
• Portuguese: baique — vehicle
• Punjabi: ਸਾਈਕਲ (sāīkal) — vehicle
• Punjabi: سیکل (sekl) — vehicle
• Quechua: iskaymuyu — vehicle
• Quechua: antapyu — vehicle
• Quechua: lata wuru — vehicle
• Romanian: bicicletă — vehicle
• Romanian: biclă — vehicle
• Romansh: velo — vehicle
• Russian: велосипе́д (velosipéd) — vehicle
• Russian: ве́лик (vélik) — vehicle
• Samogitian: dvėratis — vehicle
• Sanskrit: द्विचक्रिका (dvicakrikā) — vehicle
• Scottish Gaelic: baidhsagal — vehicle
• Scottish Gaelic: rothair — vehicle
• Scottish Gaelic: rothar dà-chuibhleach — vehicle
• Scottish Gaelic: baic — vehicle
• Serbo-Croatian: бицѝкл — vehicle
• Serbo-Croatian: bicìkl — vehicle
• Sicilian: bicìculu — vehicle
• Sicilian: bicicretta — vehicle
• Sicilian: bici — vehicle
• Sindhi: سائيڪل (sāekl) — vehicle
• Sinhalese: බයිසිකලය (bayisikalaya) — vehicle
• Sinhalese: පාපැදි (pāpædi) — vehicle
• Slovak: bicykel — vehicle
• Slovene: kolo — vehicle
• Somali: baskiil — vehicle
• Lower Sorbian: kólaso — vehicle
• Upper Sorbian: koleso — vehicle
• Sotho: baesekele — vehicle
• Southern Altai: велосипед (velosiped) — vehicle
• Spanish: bicicleta — vehicle
• Spanish: bici — vehicle
• Sranan Tongo: baisigri — vehicle
• Swahili: baisikeli — vehicle
• Swahili: baiskeli — vehicle
• Swahili: baiskili — vehicle
• Swedish: cykel — vehicle
• Swedish: tvåhjuling — vehicle
• Tagalog: bisikleta — vehicle
• Tajik: дучарха (dučarxa) — vehicle
• Tajik: велосипед (velosiped) — vehicle
• Tajik: шайтонароба (šaytonaroba) — vehicle
• Talysh: دؤچرخه (dücarxa) — vehicle
• Talysh: دوچرخه (ducarxa) — vehicle
• Tamil: மிதிவண்டி (mitivaṇṭi) — vehicle
• Tamil: சைக்கிள் (caikkiḷ) — vehicle
• Tatar: велосипед (welosiped) — vehicle
• Telugu: సైకిలు (saikilu) — vehicle
• Thai: จักรยาน (jàk-grà-yaan) — vehicle
• Thai: รถถีบ (rót-tìip) — vehicle
• Tibetan: རྐང་འཁོར (rkang 'khor) — vehicle
• Tibetan: ལྕགས་རྟ (lcags rta) — vehicle
• Tigrinya: ብሽክለታ (bəškəläta) — vehicle
• Tok Pisin: wilwil — vehicle
• Tolai: aingau — vehicle
• Tonga (Zambia): ncinga — vehicle
• Turkish: bisiklet — vehicle
• Turkish: çalınga — vehicle
• Turkish: velespit — vehicle
• Turkish: derrace — vehicle
• Turkish: düçerha — vehicle
• Turkmen: welosiped — vehicle
• Ukrainian: велосипе́д (velosypéd) — vehicle
• Ukrainian: ро́вер (róver) — vehicle
• Urdu: سائِیکِل (sāīkil) — vehicle
• Urdu: بائِیسِکَل (bāīsikal) — vehicle
• Uyghur: ۋېلىسىپىت (wëlisipit) — vehicle
• Uzbek: velosiped — vehicle
• Vietnamese: xe đạp — vehicle
• Volapük: saikul — vehicle
• Volapük: telaluib — vehicle
• Võro: jalgratas — vehicle
• Welsh: beisicl — vehicle
• Welsh: beic — vehicle
• Welsh: deurodur — vehicle
• Yakut: бэлэсипиэт (belesipiet) — vehicle
• Yakut: велосипед (velosiped) — vehicle
• Yiddish: ביציקל (bitsikl) — vehicle
• Yiddish: ראָווער (rover) — vehicle
• Yiddish: וועלאָסיפּעד (velosiped) — vehicle
• Yiddish: ביציקלעט (bitsiklet) — vehicle
• Zhuang: danci — vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 騎車 /骑车 (qíchē) — to ride a bicycle
• Dutch: fietsen — to ride a bicycle
• Dutch: wielrennen — to ride a bicycle
• Esperanto: bicikli — to ride a bicycle
• Finnish: pyöräillä — to ride a bicycle
• French: faire du vélo — to ride a bicycle
• French: faire de la bicyclette — to ride a bicycle
• French: rouler à vélo — to ride a bicycle
• French: pédaler — to ride a bicycle
• Galician: andar en bicicleta — to ride a bicycle
• German: Rad fahren — to ride a bicycle
• German: radeln — to ride a bicycle
• Greek: ποδηλατώ (podilató) — to ride a bicycle
• Hungarian: biciklizik — to ride a bicycle
• Hungarian: kerékpározik — to ride a bicycle
• Icelandic: hjóla — to ride a bicycle
• Ido: biciklagar — to ride a bicycle
• Indonesian: bersepeda — to ride a bicycle
• Malay: berbasikal — to ride a bicycle
• Marshallese: baajkōļ — to ride a bicycle
• Pannonian Rusyn: бициґловац ше (biciglovac še) — to ride a bicycle
• Pannonian Rusyn: вожиц ше на бициґли (vožic še na bicigli) — to ride a bicycle
• Polish: jeździć na rowerze — to ride a bicycle
• Russian: педалировать (pedalirovatʹ) — to ride a bicycle
• Swedish: cykla — to ride a bicycle
• Tamil: மிதிவண்டி ஓட்டு (mitivaṇṭi ōṭṭu) — to ride a bicycle
• Tamil: சைக்கிள் ஓட்டு (caikkiḷ ōṭṭu) — to ride a bicycle
• Vietnamese: đạp xe — to ride a bicycle
• Volapük: saikulön — to ride a bicycle
• Yiddish: ביציקלירן (bitsiklirn) — to ride a bicycle