biker

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English

Bikers in the US.

Etymology

From bike +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

biker (plural bikers)

  1. A person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles, sometimes a member of a motorcycle club.
    Synonyms: (Australia, some hold that there is a distinction) bikie, motorcyclist
    Coordinate term: trucker
  2. (cycling) A cyclist.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: biker (noun), bikeur
  • German: Biker
  • Italian: biker
  • Spanish: biker

Translations

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French

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Pronunciation

Noun

biker m (plural bikers, feminine bikeuse)

  1. biker
    Synonyms: bikeur, motard

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bike (verb).

Pronunciation

Verb

biker

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to bike (ride a bike)
Conjugation

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Pronunciation

Noun

biker m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. (cycling) mountain biker
  2. biker (motorcyclist)
    Synonym: motociclista

Related terms

Further reading

  • biker in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Noun

biker m (plural bikeri)

  1. biker

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Pronunciation

Noun

biker m (plural bikers)

  1. biker

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.