vélo
See also: Appendix:Variations of "velo"
French
Etymology
Clipping of vélocipède (“velocipede”), which is now obsolete.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve.lo/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)): (file) Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file) Audio (France (Paris)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file) - Homophone: vélos
- Hyphenation: vé‧lo
- Rhymes: -o
Noun
vélo m (plural vélos)
- (usually informal) bike, bicycle, cycle
- Synonym: bicyclette
- (informal) cycling (the activity of riding bicycles)
- Synonym: cyclisme
- faire du vélo ― to go cycling, to go for a bike ride
- J'adore le vélo. ― I love cycling.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Alemannic German: Welo, Velo
- → Dutch: velo
- → German: Velo
- → Lingala: veló
- → Russian: велосипед (velosiped)
Further reading
- “vélo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.