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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of stoom (“steam”) + fiets (“bicycle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstoːm.fits/
- Hyphenation: stoom‧fiets
Noun
stoomfiets f (plural stoomfietsen)
- (dated or historical, often humorous) a motorcycle, originally a steam-powered one but since approx. 1900 often used humorously for a petrol-fuelled motorbike
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