tricycle
Syllables: tri·cy·cle/ˈtɹaɪsɪkəl/
tricycle noun: a cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.
Noun
tricycle (plural tricycles)
- A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.
- [S]o I rode home on my brand new tricycle to find the rest of the family parked in front of the box.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 87
- Synonyms:
- trike
- An autorickshaw; A motorized cycle rickshaw (usually a roofed motorcycle with sidecar, often available for hire in the manner of a taxi)
- Synonyms:
- pedicab
Verb
tricycle (third-person singular simple present tricycles, present participle tricycling, simple past and past participle tricycled)
- To ride a tricycle.
- The child tricycled around the driveway until dark.
- Synonyms:
- trike
tricycle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
tricycle in Hindi
- cycle with three wheels
- तिपहिया tiphiyā
tricycle in Tamil
- முச்சக்கர மிதி வண்டி, முச்சக்கர மிதிவண்டி
tricycle in Bengali
- tricycle
- ত্রিচক্রযান tricokrojan
tricycle in Malayalam
- മൂന്നുരുൾ വണ്ടി, മുച്ചക്രസൈക്കിൾ
More languagesFewer languages
- tricycle in Kannada
- ಮುಗ್ಗಾಲಿ
- tricycle in Tagalog
- traysikel, trisiklo
- tricycle in Indonesian
- roda tiga
- tricycle in Thai
- สามล้อ sǎam-lɔ́ɔ
- tricycle in Vietnamese
- xe ba bánh
Synonyms of tricycle
Forms of tricycle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tricycles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tricycles |
| present participle | tricycling |
| past participle | tricycled |
| past | tricycled |
Origin of tricycle
From French tricycle. By surface analysis, tri- + cycle.
Words formed from tricycle
Phrases with tricycle
Questions about tricycle
- What does tricycle mean?
- Tricycle means a cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.
- What is tricycle in Hindi?
- Tricycle in Hindi is तिपहिया (tiphiyā). See Tricycle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tricycle?
- Tricycle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce tricycle?
- Tricycle is pronounced /ˈtɹaɪsɪkəl/ (US).
- What is the plural of tricycle?
- The plural of tricycle is tricycles.
Words near tricycle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tricycle (page history and authors); tricycle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ত্রিচক্রযান (Bengali) (page history and authors); tricycle (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tricycle (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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