different between tricycle vs motorcycle

English

Etymology

From French tricycle.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?a?s?k?l/, /?t?a??s?k?l/
• Rhymes: -a?s?k?l, -a??s?k?l
• Hyphenation: tri?cy?cle

Noun

tricycle (plural tricycles)

1. A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.
2. (Philippines) A cycle rickshaw.

Derived terms

• tricycle gear

Synonyms

• trike

Translations

Verb

tricycle (third-person singular simple present tricycles, present participle tricycling, simple past and past participle tricycled)

1. To ride a tricycle.

   The child tricycled around the driveway until dark.

Synonyms

• trike

French

Etymology

tri- +? cycle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i.sikl/

Noun

tricycle m (plural tricycles)

1. tricycle

Further reading

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

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