noun
Meaning 1
A car, cycle or motorbike having three wheels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
three-wheeler
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noun
Meaning 2
A car, cycle or motorbike having three wheels.
A small off-road three-wheeled powered vehicle, usually used for recreation or farm work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The tendency of three-wheelers to roll over subdued their popularity.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ATV, all-terrain vehicle, vehicle
noun
Meaning 3
An autorickshaw, tuk-tuk or trishaw having three wheels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: триколка (trikolka) — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- Chinese Mandarin: 三輪車 /三轮车 (sānlúnchē) — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- Finnish: kolmipyörä — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- French: tricar — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- German: Dreirad — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- Greek: τρίκυκλο (tríkyklo) — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- Hindi: तिपहिया (tipahiyā) — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- Japanese: 三輪車 (sanrinsha) — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- Korean: 삼륜차 (samnyuncha) — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- Lao: ລົດສາມລໍ້ (lot sām lǭ) — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- Polish: trójkołowiec — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- Russian: трёхколёсный мотоци́кл (trjoxkoljósnyj motocíkl) — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- Spanish: motocarro — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- Swedish: trehjuling — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels
- Thai: รถสามล้อ (rót-sǎam-lɔ́ɔ) — cycle or motorcycle with three wheels