velocipede

Borrowed from French vélocipède, from Latin velox (“swift”) + pes (“foot”)

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈlɒs.ɪ.piːd/
• Hyphenation: ve‧lo‧ci‧pede

velocipede (plural velocipedes)

1. (historical) An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.
2. (archaic) Any three- or four-wheeled machine driven by foot or hand levers to the rear or front axle.
3. (archaic) A late-1860s bicycle driven by cranks on the front axle.
4. (humorous) A bicycle.
   • 1992, Robert Rankin, The Antipope (page 197)

     […] his eyes fell upon the instantly recognizable if somewhat battered form of his own bicycle bell. […] 'Hold up there!' he cried, and 'Enough of that! Let loose that velocipede!'
     Archroy heard the Irishman's frenzied cries and released his grip. Marchant toppled to the dust in a tangle of flailing spokes.

• (a late 1860s bicycle): boneshaker

• celeripede
• velocity
• velodrome

velocipede (third-person singular simple present velocipedes, present participle velocipeding, simple past and past participle velocipeded)

1. to ride on velocipede

• Wikipedia entry for bicycle
• The Bicycle Museum of America — examples of the evolution of two-wheeled travel

velocipede m (plural velocipedi)

1. velocipede

• velocipedastro
• velocipedista
• velocipedistico

• bicicletta