bike

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of bicycle.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of motorbike.
3. Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, ellipsis, slang) Ellipsis of village bike.

Verb

1. (informal, intransitive) To ride a bike.
2. (informal, intransitive) To travel by bike.
3. (informal, transitive) To transport by bicycle.

Concepts

vélo

🚲

bicyclette

🚲

moto

🚲

motocyclette

🏍️

bécane

🚲

motocycle

🏍️

faire du vélo

petite reine

🚲

vélomoteur

pute

vélo bicyclette

roue

🛞

aller à bicyclette

aller à vélo

rayon de miel

rayon de ruche

traînée

alvéole d’abeille

alvéole

Synonymes

bicycle

🚲

cycle

motorcycle

🏍️

motorbike

🏍️

wheel

🛞

velocipede

pedal

hive

pushbike

bed

🛏️

brood

brace

building

bunch

battery

🔋

band

boar

🐗

chowder

field

castor

circle

⭕

clamour

cloud

☁️

cluster

clutter

coalition

colony

comb

comfort

company

barren

cartload

erst

drove

busyness

bevy

exaltation

family

👪

drift

flight

✈️

flock

flush

gaggle

grist

gulp

harem

herd

business

honeycomb

covey

Traductions

fiets

🚲

Fahrrad

🚲

bicicleta

🚲

bicicletta

🚲

ποδήλατο

rijwiel

🚲

bisiklet

🚲

Rad

🛞

bicicleta

🚲

Motorrad

🏍️

bici

Velo

🚲

bicicleta

🚲

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/baɪk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: bike

Appartenant à moyen anglais: *bykere

Hérité de ancien anglais: bēocere

Hérité de ancien anglais: *bȳc

Appartenant à ancien anglais: būc

Appartenant à écossais: byke

Appartenant à vieux norrois: bý

In summary

Clipping of bicycle. First attested in 1882.
One explanation for the form with /k/ is that bicycle was parsed to bi(cy)c(le). An alternative explanation is that it was parsed to bic(ycle) but since speakers are aware of a general /k/~/s/ alternation (as in electric ~ electricity etc.), the softened /s/ was restored to a default /k/ when the “ending” -ycle was dropped. A similar case is merc /mɜɹk/ for mercenary. It seems unlikely, however, that this process is purely phonological and not at least partially based on the spelling ⟨c⟩.