English Online Dictionary. What means motorcycle? What does motorcycle mean?
English
Alternative forms
- motor cycle, motor-cycle
Etymology
From motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊtəˌsaɪkəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, [ˈmoʊɾɚˌsaɪkl̩]
- Hyphenation: mo‧tor‧cy‧cle
Noun
motorcycle (plural motorcycles)
- An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
Synonyms
- (motor-powered vehicle): bike, chopper, cycle, moped, motorbicycle (obsolete), motorbike, autobike, autobicycle (obsolete)
Coordinate terms
- bicycle, bike, e-bike (differentiated by societal convention even when having two or three wheels and a motor)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bengali: মোটর সাইকেল (mōṭor śaikel)
- → Danish: motorcykel
- → Hindi: मोटरसाइकिल (moṭarsāikil)
- → Malay: motosikal
- → Norwegian Bokmål: motorsykkel
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: motorsykkel
- → Swedish: motorcykel
- → Thai: มอเตอร์ไซค์ (mɔɔ-dtəə-sai)
Translations
See also
- scooter
Verb
motorcycle (third-person singular simple present motorcycles, present participle motorcycling, simple past and past participle motorcycled)
- (intransitive) To ride a motorcycle.