motorcycle

== 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] (dated) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊtɚsɪk(ə)l/ 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) → Burmese: မော်တော်ဆိုင်ကယ် (mautauhcuingkai) → Danish: motorcykel → Hindi: मोटरसाइकिल (moṭarsāikil) → Korean: 모터사이클 (moteosaikeul) → 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. ==== Translations ====