vélocipède

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See also: velocipede, velocipède, and velocípede

French

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A velocipede.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ve.lɔ.si.pɛd/
  • Hyphenation: vé‧lo‧ci‧pède

Etymology 1

(1804) A learned compound from Latin vēlōcem (“rapid, prompt”) + pēs, pedis (“foot”). Compare vélocifère.

Noun

vélocipède m (plural vélocipèdes)

  1. (historical) a velocipede
  2. (obsolete) a bicycle
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Etymology 2

Verb

vélocipède

  1. inflection of vélocipéder:
    1. first/third-person singular indicative/subjunctive present
    2. second-person singular imperative

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