motorcycle

CEFRA2

/ˈməʊtəˌsaɪkəl/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To ride a motorcycle.

Examples

  • He never learned to ride a motorcycle or to drive a car.

  • Why don't you get rid of your motorcycle? You never ride it any more.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈmoʊɾɚˌsaɪkl̩]
  • /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.

More examples

In context

  • You're playing with fire if you insist on riding your motorcycle without a helmet on.

  • Her big mission is to recover the precious Blue Star (a glowing rock in a box), which leads to a Western shoot-out, a space-age motorcycle gang, and an unamusing Darth Vader-esque villain.

  • Vern rubbed her hands along the motorcycles, admiring their size and power, their silver and black sleekness.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie.