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.

   • 2022, Dave Clarke, “Velocipede”, in Northern Territory Literary Awards‎, pages 26-27:

     I sense a portent inflating / an unlikely fellowship forming / and yet as swiftly as communion effloresced, / they leave, / pedalling into the distance / on their restored velocipede.

• (a late 1860s bicycle): boneshaker

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

1. to ride on velocipede

• penny farthing, ordinary

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

From French vélocipède (“bicycle”), a compound of Latin velōx (“quick”) +‎ pēs (“foot”).

• IPA^(key): /velosipeːðə/, [ʋelosiˈpʰeðð̩]

velocipede c (singular definite velocipeden, plural indefinite velocipeder)

1. (historical) velocipede

   Synonym: væltepeter

• “velocipede” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from French vélocipède, composed of Latin vēlōci- (“swift”) +‎ pēs, pedem (“foot”).

• IPA^(key): /ve.loˈt͡ʃi.pe.de/
• Rhymes: -ipede
• Hyphenation: ve‧lo‧cì‧pe‧de

velocipede m (plural velocipedi)

1. velocipede

• bicicletta

• velocipede in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• velocipede in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• velocipede in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• velocìpede in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• velocìpede in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana