Velocipedeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from French vélocipède, from Latin velox (“swift”) + pes (“foot”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈlɒs.ɪ.piːd/
• ハイフネーション: ve‧lo‧ci‧pede

名詞

velocipede (複数形 velocipedes)

1. (historical) An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.
2. (archaic) Any three- or four-wheeled machine driven by foot or hand levers to the rear or front axle.
3. (archaic) A late-1860s bicycle driven by cranks on the front axle.
4. (humorous) A bicycle.
   • 1992, Robert Rankin, The Antipope, page 197:

     […] his eyes fell upon the instantly recognizable if somewhat battered form of his own bicycle bell. […] 'Hold up there!' he cried, and 'Enough of that! Let loose that velocipede!'
     Archroy heard the Irishman's frenzied cries and released his grip. Marchant toppled to the dust in a tangle of flailing spokes.

   • 2022, Dave Clarke, “Velocipede”, in Northern Territory Literary Awards‎^[1], pages 26-27:

     I sense a portent inflating / an unlikely fellowship forming / and yet as swiftly as communion effloresced, / they leave, / pedalling into the distance / on their restored velocipede.

同意語

• (a late 1860s bicycle): boneshaker

関連する語

動詞

velocipede (三人称単数 現在形 velocipedes, 現在分詞 velocipeding, 過去形および過去分詞形 velocipeded)

1. to ride on velocipede

参考

• penny farthing, ordinary

Further reading

• Wikipedia entry for bicycle
• The Bicycle Museum of America — examples of the evolution of two-wheeled travel