noun
Meaning 1
A tricycle having a hooded cab to seat paying passengers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pedicab
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈpɛdiˌkæb/
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noun
Meaning 2
a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cycle rickshaw
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tricycle, trike, velocipede
History
Etymology
From pedi- + cab.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: রিকশা (rikśa) — vehicle
- Central Bikol: sikadsikad — vehicle
- Burmese: ဆိုက်ကား (hcuikka:) — vehicle
- Cebuano: trisikad — vehicle
- Cebuano: potpot — vehicle
- Chinese Mandarin: 三輪車 /三轮车 (sānlúnchē) — vehicle
- Finnish: polkupyörätaksi — vehicle
- French: velotaxi — vehicle
- French: cyclo — vehicle
- German: Fahrradrikscha — vehicle
- Hindi: साइकिल रिक्शा (sāikil rikśā) — vehicle
- Hungarian: biciklis riksa — vehicle
- Indonesian: becak — vehicle
- Japanese: 自転車タクシー (jitensha takushī) — vehicle
- Japanese: 輪タク (wataku) — vehicle
- Khmer: ស៊ីក្លូ (siikloo) — vehicle
- Khmer: ត្រីចក្រយាន (trəycakkrɑyiən) — vehicle
- Korean: 삼륜차 (samnyuncha) — vehicle
- Lao: ສາມລໍ້ (sām lǭ) — vehicle
- Lao: ລົດສາມລໍ້ (lot sām lǭ) — vehicle
- Malay: beca — vehicle
- Malay: becak — vehicle
- Polish: riksza rowerowa — vehicle
- Portuguese: ciclotáxi — vehicle
- Russian: велори́кша (veloríkša) — vehicle
- Russian: велотакси́ (velotaksí) — vehicle
- Russian: ри́кша (ríkša) — vehicle
- Spanish: bicitaxi — vehicle
- Spanish: tricitaxi — vehicle
- Spanish: velotaxi — vehicle
- Spanish: pedicab — vehicle
- Tagalog: padyak — vehicle
- Thai: สามล้อ (sǎam-lɔ́ɔ) — vehicle
- Thai: รถสามล้อ (rót-sǎam-lɔ́ɔ) — vehicle
- Vietnamese: xích lô — vehicle
- Vietnamese: xe xích lô — vehicle