noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌdə(ʊ)mɛˈstiːk/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌdɒ-/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/dəˌmɛˈstik/
rhymes with -iːk
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noun
Meaning 1
A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders (for example, by riding in front of them to create a slipstream, or to set the pace), even if at the expense of their own individual performance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: cycle racing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: water carrier
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French domestique (“domestic servant, maid”), from domestique (“domestic”, adjective), from Latin domesticus (“of the house, domestic; familiar; native”), from domus (“home, house; place of one's birth or residence, native country”). Doublet of domestic.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
gregari
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Catalan:
gregària
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Czech:
domestik
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Dutch:
knecht
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Finnish:
apukuski
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
French:
équipier
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
French:
équipière
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
German:
Domestik
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
German:
Domestikin
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Hebrew:
פּוֹעֵל
(po'él)
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Hebrew:
פּוֹעֶלֶת
(po'élet)
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Italian:
gregario
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Italian:
gregaria
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Japanese:
アシスト
(ashisuto)
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Korean:
도메스티크
(domeseutikeu)
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Latvian:
gregari
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Norwegian Bokmål:
hjelperytter
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Russian:
домести́к
(domestík)
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Russian:
гре́гари
(grégari)
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Spanish:
gregario
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
Spanish:
gregaria
— cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders, even if at the expense of their own individual performance
