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tri·cy·cle
(trī′sĭk′əl, -sĭ-kəl)n.
A vehicle, used especially by small children, that has three wheels, one at the front and two at the back, and is usually propelled by pedals.
[French : tri-, three (from Greek tri-; see tri-) + Greek kuklos, wheel; see cycle.]
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tricycle
(ˈtraɪsɪkəl)n
1. a three-wheeled cycle, esp one driven by pedals
2. a three-wheeler for invalids
vb
(intr) to ride a tricycle
ˈtricyclist, ˈtricycler n
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tri•cy•cle
(ˈtraɪ sɪ kəl, -ˌsɪk əl)n.
a vehicle having one large front wheel and two small rear wheels, propelled by pedals.
[1820–30; < French]
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tricycle
Past participle: tricycled
Gerund: tricycling
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tricycle |
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Noun | 1. | ![]() cycle rickshaw, pedicab - a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire; "boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs" wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" |
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Translations
دَرَّاجَة ثُلَاثِيَّةذو ثلاث عَجلات
tříkolka
trehjulet cykel
kolmipyörä
tricikl
tricikli
òríhjól
三輪車
세발자전거
triratis
trīsritenis
trojkolka
trikolo
trehjuling
รถจักรยานสามล้อ
xe đạp ba bánh
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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tricycle
n → Dreirad nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
tricycle
(ˈtraisikl) noun a kind of cycle with three wheels.
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tricycle
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