different between cycling vs omnium

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?k(?)l??/
• Hyphenation: cy?cling

Verb

cycling

1. present participle of cycle

Noun

cycling (countable and uncountable, plural cyclings)

1. (uncountable) The activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)

   Synonym: biking

2. (uncountable) The sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.

   In all my years as a cycling fan, I've never seen a breakaway like this.

   Synonym: cycle sport, Synonym: race cycling

3. (countable) Any cyclic action or process

   Synonym: (rare) cyclism

Translations

Adjective

cycling (not comparable)

1. That undergoes a cyclic motion or process

Further reading

• cycling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Latin omnium (literally “of all”), genitive plural of omnis (“all, every”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.ni.?m/, /??m.nj?m/

Noun

omnium (plural omniums)

1. (cycling) A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
2. (finance) The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is usually funded.

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Related terms

• omnibus

Anagrams

• immuno-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m.nj?m/

Noun

omnium m (plural omniums)

1. (sports) an open (open sports tournament)
2. (cycling) an omnium (a multi-event track cycling race)

Further reading

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

Latin

Adjective

omnium

1. genitive masculine plural of omnis
2. genitive feminine plural of omnis
3. genitive neuter plural of omnis

Noun

omnium n pl

1. genitive of omnia