biker

See also: Biker

English
Bikers in the US.

Etymology

From bike +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

biker (plural bikers)

  1. A person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles, sometimes a member of a motorcycle club.
    Synonyms: (Australia, some hold that there is a distinction) bikie, motorcyclist
    Coordinate term: trucker
  2. (cycling) A cyclist.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → French: biker (noun), bikeur
  • → German: Biker
  • → Italian: biker
  • → Spanish: biker

Translations
person who rides a bicycle — see cyclist
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French

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baj.kœʁ/

Noun

biker m (plural bikers, feminine bikeuse)

  1. biker
    Synonyms: bikeur, motard

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bike (verb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baj.ke/

Verb

biker

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to bike (ride a bike)
Conjugation
Conjugation of biker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple biker
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bikant
/baj.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle biké
/baj.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bike
/ba.jɛk/		 bikes
/ba.jɛk/		 bike
/ba.jɛk/		 bikons
/baj.kɔ̃/		 bikez
/baj.ke/		 bikent
/ba.jɛk/
imperfect bikais
/baj.kɛ/		 bikais
/baj.kɛ/		 bikait
/baj.kɛ/		 bikions
/ba.jə.kjɔ̃/		 bikiez
/ba.jə.kje/		 bikaient
/baj.kɛ/
past historic2 bikai
/baj.ke/		 bikas
/baj.ka/		 bika
/baj.ka/		 bikâmes
/baj.kam/		 bikâtes
/baj.kat/		 bikèrent
/baj.kɛʁ/
future bikerai
/ba.jə.k(ə).ʁe/		 bikeras
/ba.jə.k(ə).ʁa/		 bikera
/ba.jə.k(ə).ʁa/		 bikerons
/ba.jə.k(ə).ʁɔ̃/		 bikerez
/ba.jə.k(ə).ʁe/		 bikeront
/ba.jə.k(ə).ʁɔ̃/
conditional bikerais
/ba.jə.k(ə).ʁɛ/		 bikerais
/ba.jə.k(ə).ʁɛ/		 bikerait
/ba.jə.k(ə).ʁɛ/		 bikerions
/ba.j(ə).kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 bikeriez
/ba.j(ə).kə.ʁje/		 bikeraient
/ba.jə.k(ə).ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bike
/ba.jɛk/		 bikes
/ba.jɛk/		 bike
/ba.jɛk/		 bikions
/ba.jə.kjɔ̃/		 bikiez
/ba.jə.kje/		 bikent
/ba.jɛk/
imperfect2 bikasse
/baj.kas/		 bikasses
/baj.kas/		 bikât
/baj.ka/		 bikassions
/baj.ka.sjɔ̃/		 bikassiez
/baj.ka.sje/		 bikassent
/baj.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bike
/ba.jɛk/		 — bikons
/baj.kɔ̃/		 bikez
/baj.ke/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaj.ker/
  • Rhymes: -ajker

Noun

biker m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. (cycling) mountain biker
  2. biker (motorcyclist)
    Synonym: motociclista

Further reading
  • biker in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Noun

biker m (plural bikeri)

  1. biker

Declension
Declension of biker
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) biker bikerul (niște) bikeri bikerii
genitive/dative (unui) biker bikerului (unor) bikeri bikerilor
vocative bikerule bikerilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaikeɾ/ [ˈbai̯.keɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aikeɾ

Noun

biker m (plural bikers)

  1. biker

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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