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Velocipede
Ve-loc′i-pede
,Noun.
A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See
Bicycle
, and Tricycle
. Definition 2024
vélocipède
vélocipède
See also: velocipede
French
A velocipede.
Noun
vélocipède m (plural vélocipèdes)
- a velocipede
- bicycles in general
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Belarusian: веласіпе́д (vjelasipjéd)
- → Bulgarian: велосипе́д (velosipéd)
- → Danish: væltepeter
- → English: velocipede
- → Finnish: velosipedi
- → Georgian: ველოსიპედი (velosiṗedi)
- → German: Veloziped
- → Japanese: ベロシペード (beroshipēdo), ベロチペード (berochipēdo)
- → Latvian: velosipēds
- → Macedonian: велосипед (velosiped)
- → Polish: welocyped
- → Russian: велосипе́д (velosipéd)
- → Serbo-Croatian: велосипед / velosiped
- → Ukrainian: велосипе́д (velosypéd)
- → Yiddish: וועלאָסיפּעד (velosipéd)
Etymology 2
Verb
vélocipède
- first-person singular indicative present of vélocipéder
- third-person singular indicative present of vélocipéder
- first-person singular subjunctive present of vélocipéder
- third-person singular subjunctive present of vélocipéder
- second-person singular imperative of vélocipéder