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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.kəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈsaɪ.kɫ̩]
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈsaɪ.kəl/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈsʌɪ.kəl]
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• Australian: /ˈsɑe.kəl/
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• Australian: [ˈsɑe.kɫ̩]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈsaɪ.kəl/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈsɑe̯.kɫ̩]
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• New-Zealand: [ˈsɑe̯.ko]
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• New-Zealand: [ˈsɑe̯.kʊ]
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From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kwókwlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kwékwlos (“circle, wheel”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cyclus, kike, and wheel (see there for more).

From -cycle (in bicycle, monocycle, and tricycle), perhaps associated with etymology 1. Compare French cycle in the same sense. The verb is either from the noun or a clipping of bicycle (verb).

179 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: kierto — interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed
• Finnish: suhdannekierto — interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed
• German: Zyklus — interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed
• Hindi: अंतराल (antrāl) — interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed
• Irish: ciogal — interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed
• Thai: วัฏจักร (wát-dtà-jàk, wát-tà-jàk) — interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed
• Ottoman Turkish: دوره (devre) — interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed
• Arabic: دَوْرَة (dawra) — complete rotation
• Arabic: دورة (dawra, dūra) — complete rotation
• Belarusian: цыкл (cykl) — complete rotation
• Belarusian: абаро́т (abarót) — complete rotation
• Bulgarian: оборо́т (oborót) — complete rotation
• Bulgarian: ци́къл (cíkǎl) — complete rotation
• Catalan: cicle — complete rotation
• Chinese Mandarin: 周期 (zhōuqí) — complete rotation
• Danish: cyklus — complete rotation
• Danish: kredsløb — complete rotation
• Dutch: cyclus — complete rotation
• Esperanto: ciklo — complete rotation
• Estonian: tsükkel — complete rotation
• Finnish: kierros — complete rotation
• Finnish: pyörähdys — complete rotation
• French: tour — complete rotation
• Galician: ciclo — complete rotation
• German: Zyklus — complete rotation
• Greek: κύκλος (kýklos) — complete rotation
• Hindi: चक्र (cakra) — complete rotation
• Hindi: चक्कर (cakkar) — complete rotation
• Icelandic: snúningur — complete rotation
• Ido: ciklo — complete rotation
• Irish: timthriall — complete rotation
• Italian: ciclo — complete rotation
• Japanese: 周期 (shūki) — complete rotation
• Korean: 주기 (jugi) — complete rotation
• Latin: cyclus — complete rotation
• Latvian: cikls — complete rotation
• Macedonian: циклус (ciklus) — complete rotation
• Malay: kitaran — complete rotation
• Māori: hurihanga — complete rotation
• Persian: چرخ (čarx) — complete rotation
• Polish: cykl — complete rotation
• Polish: obrót — complete rotation
• Portuguese: ciclo — complete rotation
• Romanian: ciclu — complete rotation
• Romanian: rotație — complete rotation
• Russian: цикл (cikl) — complete rotation
• Russian: оборо́т (oborót) — complete rotation
• Spanish: ciclo — complete rotation
• Swedish: cykel — complete rotation
• Tamil: சுழற்சி (cuḻaṟci) — complete rotation
• Thai: รอบ (rɔ̂ɔp) — complete rotation
• Tocharian B: serke — complete rotation
• Turkish: çevirim — complete rotation
• Turkish: devir — complete rotation
• Ottoman Turkish: دوره (devre) — complete rotation
• Ukrainian: цикл (cykl) — complete rotation
• Ukrainian: оборо́т (oborót) — complete rotation
• Yiddish: ציקל (tsikl) — complete rotation
• Bulgarian: ци́къл (cíkǎl) — process that repeats itself
• Catalan: cicle — process that repeats itself
• Dutch: cyclus — process that repeats itself
• Esperanto: ciklo — process that repeats itself
• Estonian: tsükkel — process that repeats itself
• Finnish: kierros — process that repeats itself
• Finnish: sykli — process that repeats itself
• French: cycle — process that repeats itself
• Galician: ciclo — process that repeats itself
• German: Zyklus — process that repeats itself
• Greek: κύκλος (kýklos) — process that repeats itself
• Ancient Greek: κύκλος (kúklos) — process that repeats itself
• Hebrew: מחזור (makhzor) — process that repeats itself
• Hindi: चक्र (cakra) — process that repeats itself
• Ido: ciklo — process that repeats itself
• Irish: timthriall — process that repeats itself
• Italian: ciclo — process that repeats itself
• Japanese: 周期 (shūki) — process that repeats itself
• Korean: 주기 (jugi) — process that repeats itself
• Northern Kurdish: sûr — process that repeats itself
• Latin: cyclus — process that repeats itself
• Latvian: cikls — process that repeats itself
• Persian: چرخه (čarxe) — process that repeats itself
• Portuguese: ciclo — process that repeats itself
• Romanian: ciclu — process that repeats itself
• Russian: цикл (cikl) — process that repeats itself
• Spanish: ciclo — process that repeats itself
• Swedish: cykel — process that repeats itself
• Tamil: சுழற்சி (cuḻaṟci) — process that repeats itself
• Thai: วัฏจักร (wát-dtà-jàk, wát-tà-jàk) — process that repeats itself
• Thai: วงจร (wong-jɔɔn) — process that repeats itself
• Tocharian B: serke — process that repeats itself
• Turkish: çevirim — process that repeats itself
• Turkish: devir — process that repeats itself
• Finnish: kierros — member of the sequence formed by such a process
• Bulgarian: ци́къл (cíkǎl) — series of works of art
• Czech: cyklus — series of works of art
• Estonian: sari — series of works of art
• Finnish: sarja — series of works of art
• German: Zyklus — series of works of art
• Greek: κύκλος (kýklos) — series of works of art
• Ancient Greek: κύκλος (kúklos) — series of works of art
• Polish: cykl — series of works of art
• Romanian: ciclu — series of works of art
• Russian: цикл (cikl) — series of works of art
• Swedish: cykel — series of works of art
• Bulgarian: ци́къл (cíkǎl) — program on a washing machine etc.
• Danish: (vaske)-program — program on a washing machine etc.
• Dutch: programma — program on a washing machine etc.
• Finnish: ohjelma — program on a washing machine etc.
• French: cycle — program on a washing machine etc.
• German: Programm — program on a washing machine etc.
• Italian: ciclo — program on a washing machine etc.
• Italian: programma — program on a washing machine etc.
• Latvian: cikls — program on a washing machine etc.
• Persian: چرخه (čarxe) — program on a washing machine etc.
• Portuguese: ciclo — program on a washing machine etc.
• Russian: цикл (cikl) — program on a washing machine etc.
• Swedish: program — program on a washing machine etc.
• Turkish: program — program on a washing machine etc.
• Japanese: サイクル安打 (saikuru anda) — baseball: single, double, triple and home run hit by the same player in the same game
• Korean: 사이클링 히트 (saikeulling hiteu) — baseball: single, double, triple and home run hit by the same player in the same game
• Czech: cyklus — graph theory: closed walk or path
• Finnish: sykli — graph theory: closed walk or path
• German: Kreis — graph theory: closed walk or path
• Italian: ciclo — graph theory: closed walk or path
• Norwegian Bokmål: sykel — graph theory: closed walk or path
• Finnish: ohjelma — orderly list for a given time
• Finnish: kalenteri — orderly list for a given time
• Finnish: kierros — botany: entire round in a circle or a spire
• Finnish: pyörä — bicycle, tricycle, motorcycle etc. — see also bicycle
• Tamil: சைக்கிள் (caikkiḷ) — bicycle, tricycle, motorcycle etc. — see also bicycle
• Finnish: pyörähtää — to go through a cycle or to put through a cycle
• Finnish: pyöräyttää — to go through a cycle or to put through a cycle
• French: passer par un cycle — to go through a cycle or to put through a cycle
• Spanish: ciclear — to go through a cycle or to put through a cycle
• Danish: tænde for/slå til — to turn power off and back on
• Danish: slukke for/slå fra — to turn power off and back on
• Dutch: in- en uitschakelen — to turn power off and back on
• Dutch: aan- en uit-/afzetten — to turn power off and back on
• Finnish: kytkeä päälle ja pois — to turn power off and back on
• Finnish: räplätä — to turn power off and back on
• Finnish: pyörittää — ice hockey: to maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone
• Bulgarian: ка́рам колело́ (káram koleló) — to ride a cycle
• Chinese Mandarin: 騎車 /骑车 (qíchē) — to ride a cycle
• Chinese Mandarin: 騎自行車 /骑自行车 (qí zìxíngchē) — to ride a cycle
• Danish: cykle — to ride a cycle
• Danish: køre på cykel — to ride a cycle
• Dutch: fietsen — to ride a cycle
• Dutch: rijden — to ride a cycle
• Esperanto: bicikli — to ride a cycle
• Finnish: ajaa polkupyörällä — to ride a cycle
• Finnish: polkupyöräillä — to ride a cycle
• Finnish: moottoripyöräillä — to ride a cycle
• Finnish: pyöräillä — to ride a cycle
• French: faire du vélo — to ride a cycle
• French: véloter — to ride a cycle
• French: biker — to ride a cycle
• German: Rad fahren — to ride a cycle
• Greek: ποδηλατώ (podilató) — to ride a cycle
• Greenlandic: sikkilerpoq — to ride a cycle
• Hebrew: נסע באופניים (nasá b'ofanáyim) — to ride a cycle
• Hungarian: kerékpározik — to ride a cycle
• Hungarian: biciklizik — to ride a cycle
• Hungarian: bringázik — to ride a cycle
• Japanese: 自転車に乗る (jitensha ni noru) — to ride a cycle
• Khmer: ជិះកង់ (chĭhkâng) — to ride a cycle
• Korean: 자전거를 타다 (jajeon'geo-reul tada) — to ride a cycle
• Lü: ᦃᦲᧈᦟᦷᧆᦓᦾᧉ (ẋii1lodnoay2) — to ride a cycle
• Māori: eke paihikara — to ride a cycle
• Norwegian Bokmål: sykle — to ride a cycle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sykla — to ride a cycle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sykle — to ride a cycle
• Polish: jechać na rowerze — to ride a cycle
• Portuguese: andar de bicicleta — to ride a cycle
• Russian: е́здить на велосипе́де (jézditʹ na velosipéde) — to ride a cycle
• Russian: е́хать на велосипе́де (jéxatʹ na velosipéde) — to ride a cycle
• Russian: ката́ться на велосипе́де (katátʹsja na velosipéde) — to ride a cycle
• Swedish: cykla — to ride a cycle
• Volapük: saikulön — to ride a cycle
• Welsh: seiclo — to ride a cycle