bike

CEFRA1

/baɪk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.

Examples

  • Gonzales offers a bike to all his employees in Europe.

  • I used to ride my bike around the neighbourhood for hours.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /bɐɪk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Clipping of motorbike.

  2. Clipping of bicycle.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To ride a bike.

More examples

In context

  • Your bike is better than mine.

  • I biked so much yesterday that I'm very sore today.

  • It was such a nice day I decided to bike to the store, though it's far enough I usually take my car.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

English bicycleclip. English bike 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. Similar cases are merc /mɜɹk/, spec /spɛk/ for mercenary, specify. It seems unlikely, however, that this process is purely phonological and not at least partially based on the spelling ⟨c⟩.