vélo

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French

Etymology

Clipping of vélocipède (velocipede), which is now obsolete.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ve.lo/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: vélos
  • Hyphenation: vé‧lo
  • Rhymes: -o

Noun

vélo m (plural vélos)

  1. (usually informal) bike, bicycle, cycle
    Synonym: bicyclette
  2. (informal) cycling (the activity of riding bicycles)
    Synonym: cyclisme
    faire du véloto go cycling, to go for a bike ride
    J’adore le vélo.I love cycling.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: Welo, Velo
  • Dutch: velo
  • German: Velo

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