different between motorcycle vs dirtbike

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??t??saik?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mo?t??sa?k?l/, [?mo????sa?kl?]
• Rhymes: -o?t???sa?k?l
• Hyphenation: mo?tor?cy?cle

Noun

motorcycle (plural motorcycles)

1. An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• motorcyclist
• motorcycling

Descendants

• ? Malay: motosikal

Translations

See also

• scooter

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To ride a motorcycle.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• dirt bike

Etymology

dirt +? bike

Noun

dirtbike (plural dirtbikes)

1. An off-road motorcycle.

See also

• motocross
• snow bike