polkupyörä

== Finnish == === Etymology === polku (“pedalling”) +‎ pyörä (“wheel”). First attested in 1886 in an article written by I. K. Inha (see quote); some sources claim he may have coined the word. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpolkuˌpyø̯ræ/, [ˈpo̞lkuˌpyø̞̯ræ] Rhymes: -yøræ Syllabification(key): pol‧ku‧pyö‧rä Hyphenation(key): polku‧pyörä === Noun === polkupyörä bicycle Synonyms: pyörä (informal or in compounds), fillari (colloquial), munamankeli (colloquial, slang), velosipedi (obsolete) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “polkupyörä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023