unicycle

English

Etymology

uni- +‎ cycle.

a unicycle

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjun.ɪˌsaɪ.kəl/, /ˈjun.əˌsaɪ.kəl/
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Noun

unicycle (plural unicycles)

A type of cycle that has only one wheel and is powered by pedals; it is most often used by acrobats.
- 2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 194:
  A man rode past on a unicycle, laughing.

Derived terms

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Translations

one-wheeled pedaled cycle

Catalan: monocicle m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 獨輪車／独轮车 (zh) (dúlúnchē)
Czech: monocykl m, jednokolka f
Danish: unicykel c, ethjulet cykel c
Dutch: eenwieler (nl) m
Esperanto: unuciklo
Estonian: üksratas
Finnish: yksipyöräinen (fi), yksipyöräinen polkupyörä
French: monocycle (fr) m
German: Einrad (de) n
Hebrew: חד אופן (he), חד־אופן
Hungarian: egykerekű (hu)
Icelandic: einhjól n
Ido: monociklo
Italian: monociclo m
Japanese: 一輪車 (ja) (いちりんしゃ, ichirinsha), ユニサイクル (yunisaikuru)
Korean: 외발자전거 (ko) (oebaljajeon'geo)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: vienratis m
Malay: ekasikal
Norwegian: etthjulssykkel c
Polish: rower jednokołowy m, monocykl (pl) m
Portuguese: monociclo (pt) m
Russian: моноци́кл (ru) m (monocíkl), уници́кл (ru) m (unicíkl), одноколёсный велосипе́д m (odnokoljósnyj velosipéd), юниса́йкл (ru) m (junisájkl)
Serbo-Croatian: jednotočak m, jednokolka f
Spanish: monociclo (es) m
Swedish: enhjuling (sv) c
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: tekteker
Vietnamese: xe đạp một bánh
Welsh: beic un olwyn m

Verb

unicycle (third-person singular simple present unicycles, present participle unicycling, simple past and past participle unicycled)

To travel or move around by unicycle.

Translations

to travel or move around by unicycle

German: Einrad fahren
Lithuanian: važiuoti vienračiu

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