different between bicycle vs celeripede

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“bi-; two”) +? cycle (“cycle”). First attested in English in 1868, and in French in 1847.

(promiscuous woman): From double meaning of ride ("to transport oneself upon" vs. "to mount someone to have sex with them"). A communal bicycle would have many riders.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?s?kl?/
• Hyphenation: bi?cy?cle

Noun

bicycle (plural bicycles)

1. A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.

   Synonyms: (clipping) bike, pushbike, (historical) velocipede; see also Thesaurus:bicycle

   Hypernym: cycle
2. A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
3. The best possible hand in lowball.
4. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A motorbike.
5. (vulgar slang, usually in compounds specifying a context) a slut; a promiscuous woman

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Burmese: ????????? (bhuingca.kai)
• ? Papiamentu: baiskel
• Sranan Tongo: baisigri
• ? Urdu: ????????

Translations

Verb

bicycle (third-person singular simple present bicycles, present participle bicycling, simple past and past participle bicycled)

1. (intransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle.

Translations

French

Alternative forms

• bécik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.sikl/

Noun

bicycle m (plural bicycles)

1. bicycle

   Synonym: bicyclette

Derived terms

• bicyclette

Descendants

• ? English: bicycle

Further reading

• “bicycle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• céléripede

Etymology

Borrowed from French céléripede.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?l??r?p?d, IPA^(key): /s??l???pi?d/

cf. céléripede#Pronunciation

Noun

celeripede (plural celeripedes)

1. (historical, also used attributively) An early form of the bicycle, consisting of two wheels of equal diameter attached by a wooden bar and lacking either pedals or a means of steering.
   • 1835: The Mechanics’ Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, volume XXII, page 409 (J. Cunningham)

     [… I]f Louis Philippe would read out of our book, the French would catch the infection, transmit the mails and passengers to Rennes, and thus give them that celeripede character of which they are so fond of boasting.

   • 1970: Rudolph Brasch, How Did Sports Begin?: A Look at the Origins of Man at Play, pages 112^{1} and 114^{2} (McKay)

     ^{1} Celeripede and velocipede (abbreviated often into velo), both stressed “swiftness of foot.”

     ^{2} The Frenchman’s claim goes back to 1816. M. Niepce was a pioneer of photography. Possibly with Sivrac’s contraption in mind, he built a machine that, because of its speed, he called a celeripede. It was a simple device consisting of two equal-sized wooden wheels connected by a bar upon which the rider sat and pushed himself forward by “walking.”

See also

• velocipede