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dérailleur

dérailleur is the alternative form of derailleur.

Meaning of derailleur

Noun

derailleur (plural derailleurs)

  1. A mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket (gear) to another, to change speeds.
    • [H. A. G.] Keates again rode a fully-equipped machine (lamp excepted) and used a derailleur gear. It was probably this variation which enabled him to progress so well against the wind and yet take full advantage of its assistance on the return trip.1934 December 3, “Cycling club disbanded: Shamshuipo club to be formed: Brief review of activities: Keates sets new record”, in The China Mail, final edition, number 28,898, Hong Kong: The Newspaper...
  2. The entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism.

Forms of dérailleur

pluraldérailleurs

Questions about dérailleur

What is dérailleur the alternative form of?
Dérailleur is the alternative form of derailleur.

Words near dérailleur in the dictionary

  1. dépeçage
  2. Dépor
  3. déps
  4. dépôt
  5. dépôts
  6. dérailleur
  7. dérailleurs
  8. dérive
  9. dérives
  10. déshabillé
  11. désintéressement

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dérailleur (page history and authors); derailleur (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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