motorcycle

See also: motor cycle and motor-cycle

English

A motorcycle (Vincent Black Lightning)

Alternative forms

motor cycle, motor-cycle

Etymology

motor +‎ cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊtəˌsaɪkəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, [ˈmoʊɾɚˌsaɪkl̩]
Hyphenation: mo‧tor‧cy‧cle

Noun

motorcycle (plural motorcycles)

An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
- 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 43:
  Vern rubbed her hands along the motorcycles, admiring their size and power, their silver and black sleekness.

Synonyms

(motor-powered vehicle): bike, chopper, cycle, moped, motorbicycle (obsolete), motorbike

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Bengali: মোটর সাইকেল (mōṭor saikel)
→ Hindi: मोटरसाइकिल (moṭarsāikil)
→ Malay: motosikal
→ Thai: มอเตอร์ไซค์ (mɔɔ-dtəə-sai)

Translations

open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel

Afrikaans: motorfiets
Albanian: motoçikletë (sq) f
Amharic: ዶቅዶቄ (doḳdoḳe), ሞተርሳይክል (motärsaykəl)
Arabic: مُوتُوسِيكِل‎ m (mōtōsīkil)
Egyptian Arabic: متوسكل‎ m (mutusekl)
Armenian: մոտոցիկլետ (hy) (motocʿiklet), մոտոցիկլ (hy) (motocʿikl), (colloquial) մոտո (hy) (moto)
Assamese: মটৰ চাইকেল (motor saikel)
Asturian: motocicleta f, moto f
Azerbaijani: motosiklet
Bashkir: мотоцикл (mototsikl)
Belarusian: матацы́кл m (matacýkl)
Bengali: মোটরসাইকেল (mōṭrosaikel)
Bikol Central: motorsiklo
Bulgarian: мотоцикле́т (bg) m (motociklét)
Burmese: မော်တော်ဆိုင်ကယ် (my) (mautauhcuingkai)
Catalan: motocicleta (ca) f, moto (ca) f
Cebuano: motorsiklo
Chinese:
Cantonese: 電單車／电单车 (din⁶ daan¹ ce¹), 摩托車／摩托车 (mo¹ tok³ ce¹)

Dungan: мотуәчә (motuəčə), хуәчичәзы (huəčičəzɨ), мотоцикл (motocikl)

Hakka: 奧多拜／奥多拜 (ò-to-pái), 機車／机车 (kî-chhâ), 引擎 (ên-chín)

Mandarin: 摩托車／摩托车 (zh) (mótuōchē), 機車／机车 (zh) (jīchē) (Taiwan), 摩托 (zh) (mótuō), 機器腳踏車／机器脚踏车 (zh) (jīqì jiǎotàchē) (Taiwan), 電單車／电单车 (zh) (diàndānchē)

Min Dong: 摩托車／摩托车 (mò̤-táuk-chiă)

Min Nan: 撲撲車／扑扑车 (phok-phok-chhia), 歐兜邁／欧兜迈 (o͘-tó͘-bái), 機車／机车 (zh-min-nan) (ki-chhia), 引擎 (iân-jín), 機器跤踏車／机器跤踏车 (ki-khì kha-ta̍h-chhia)

Wu: 摩托車／摩托车 (mo thoq tsho)
Czech: motocykl (cs) m
Danish: motorcykel (da) c
Dutch: motorfiets (nl) f
Esperanto: motorbiciklo (eo), motorciklo
Estonian: mootorratas
Finnish: moottoripyörä (fi)
French: moto (fr) f, motocyclette (fr) f, motocycle (fr) m
Galician: motocicleta f, moto f
Georgian: მოტოციკლი (moṭociḳli)
German: Motorrad (de) n
Greek: μηχανή (el) f (michaní), δίκυκλο (el) n (díkyklo), μοτοσικλέτα (el) f (motosikléta), μοτοσυκλέτα (el) (motosykléta)
Gujarati: મોટરસાયકલ (moṭarsāyakal), બાઈક (bāīka) (formally)
Hausa: babur
Hawaiian: mokokaikala
Hebrew: אוֹפַנּוֹעַ‎ (he) m (ofanóa)
Hiligaynon: motorsiklo
Hindi: मोटरसाइकिल f (moṭarsāikil), मोटरबाइक f (moṭarbāik)
Hungarian: motorkerékpár (hu), motorbicikli (hu)
Icelandic: mótorhjól (is) n
Ido: motorobiciklo (io)
Indonesian: sepeda motor (id)
Irish: gluaisrothar (ga) m
Italian: motocicletta (it) f, moto (it) f, motociclo (it) m
Japanese: オートバイ (ja) (ōtobai), バイク (baiku), 自動二輪車 (ja) (じどうにりんしゃ, jidō nirinsha), 単車 (ja) (たんしゃ, tansha)
Javanese: montor, motor, dogos (Yogyakarta slang)
Kazakh: мотоцикл (kk) (motosikl)
Khmer: ទោចក្រយានយន្ត (toocakkrɑyiən yŭən), ម៉ូតូ (moutou)
Korean: 오토바이 (ko) (otobai), 모터사이클 (moteosaikeul)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: motorsiklêt (ku)
Kyrgyz: мотоцикл (ky) (mototsikl)
Lao: ລົດຈັກ (lo) (lot chak), ຣົຖຈັກ (rot chak)
Latin: autobirota f
Latvian: motocikls m
Lithuanian: motociklas m
Luxembourgish: Moto (lb) f, Motorrad n
Lü: ᦷᦙᧉᦷᦒᧉ (mo²tho²)
Macedonian: мотор m (motor), мотоци́кл m (motocíkl)
Malagasy: môtô (mg)
Malay: sepeda motor (ms), motosikal
Maltese: mutur m
Maori: motopaika
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: мотоцикл (mn) (motocikl)

Mongolian: ᠮᠣᠲ᠋ᠣᠼᠢᠻᠯ (motocikhl)
Navajo: dziʼizítsoh
Nepali: मोटरसाइकल (ne) (moṭarsāikal)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: motorsykkel m

Nynorsk: motorsykkel m
Oriya: ମଟର ସାଇକେଲ (môṭôrô saikelô)
Pashto: موټرسايکل‎ m (moṭarsāykel), موټرګاټ‎ m (moṭargāṭ), ټپټپ‎ m (ṭapṭap), ټپټپی‎ m (ṭapṭapay)
Persian: موتورسیکلت‎ (fa) (motorsiklet)
Polish: motocykl (pl) m
Portuguese: motocicleta (pt) f, moto (pt) f
Punjabi: ਮੋਟਰਸਾਈਕਲ (moṭrasāīkal), ਬਾਈਕ (bāīka), ਮੋਟਰਬਾਈਕ (moṭrabāīka)
Romanian: motocicletă (ro) f
Russian: мотоци́кл (ru) m (motocíkl)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мотоцѝкл m

Roman: motocìkl (sh) m
Sindhi: موٽر سائيڪل‎
Sinhalese: යතුරුපැදිය (yaturupædiya)
Slovak: motorka f, motocykel m
Slovene: motocikel m
Sotho: sethuthuthu
Spanish: motocicleta (es) f (formal), moto (es) f, motor m (Dominican Republic, colloquial), motora f (Puerto Rico, colloquial)
Swahili: pikipiki
Swedish: motorcykel (sv) c
Tagalog: motorsiklo
Tajik: мотосикл (motosikl)
Thai: จักรยานยนต์ (jàk-grà-yaan-yon), มอเตอร์ไซค์ (mɔɔ-dtəə-sai)
Tibetan: སྦག་སྦག (sbag sbag), མོ་ཐོ (mo tho), མོ་ཐོ་ཁྲེ (mo tho khre)
Tigrinya: ሞቶ (moto)
Turkish: motosiklet (tr)
Turkmen: motosikl
Ukrainian: мотоци́кл m (motocýkl)
Urdu: موٹَر سائِیکِل‎ f (moṭar sāikil)
Uyghur: موتسىكلىت‎ (motsiklit)
Uzbek: mototsikl (uz)
Vietnamese: xe mô tô, mô tô (vi), xe máy (vi), xe gắn máy (vi)
Volapük: motorasaikul
Welsh: beic modur m
Western Panjabi: موٹر سیکل‎ (pnb)
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Wutunhua: moto
Yiddish: מאָטאָציקל‎ m (mototsikl)
Yoruba: ọ̀kadà, alùpùpù
Zhuang: mohdozceh, mozdozceh

Verb

motorcycle (third-person singular simple present motorcycles, present participle motorcycling, simple past and past participle motorcycled)

(intransitive) To ride a motorcycle.

Translations

to ride a motorcycle

Dutch: motorrijden (nl)
Finnish: moottoripyöräillä

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