different between thermos vs bicycle

English

Etymology 1

From Thermos, a trademarked name, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thermós, “warm”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????.m?s/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /???.m?s/

Noun

thermos (plural thermoses)

1. A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents

Synonyms

• vacuum flask

Translations

See also

• dewar

Further reading

• thermos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ?????? (thérmos).

Noun

thermos (plural thermoi)

1. (historical) A unit of measure whose identification remains very unclear.

Anagrams

• moth-ers, mothers, smother

French

Etymology

Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.mos/, /t??.m?s/

Noun

thermos m (plural thermos)

1. thermos

Further reading

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

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).