vélocipède

See also: velocipede

French

A velocipede.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ve.lɔ.si.pɛd/
Hyphenation: vé‧lo‧ci‧pède

Etymology 1

(1804) A compound from veloci- + ped-, the combinatory stems of Latin velox (“rapid, prompt”) and pes (“foot”). Compare vélocifère.

It originally referred to a locomotion device consisting of a seat on two or three wheels, driven primarily by impact of the feet against the ground. Later pedals were introduced. (see picture)

Noun

vélocipède m (plural vélocipèdes)

a velocipede
bicycles in general

Synonyms

Derived terms

vélo

Descendants

→ Belarusian: веласіпе́д (vjelasipjéd)
→ Bulgarian: велосипе́д (velosipéd)
→ Danish: væltepeter
→ English: velocipede
→ Finnish: velosipedi
→ Georgian: ველოსიპედი (velosiṗedi)
→ German: Veloziped
→ Indonesian: sepeda
→ 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)
- → Azeri: velosiped
- → Kazakh: велосипед (velosïped)
- → Kyrgyz: велосипед (velosiped)
- → Turkmen: welosiped
- → Tatar: велосипед (welosiped)
- → Uyghur: ۋەلسىپىت‎‎ (welsipit‎)
- → Uzbek: velosiped
→ Serbo-Croatian: велосипед / velosiped
→ Ukrainian: велосипе́д (velosypéd)
→ Yiddish: וועלאָסיפּעד‎ (velosipéd)

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