vélo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "velo"

French

Etymology

Clipping of vélocipède (“velocipede”), which is now obsolete.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ve.lo/
Audio (France, Paris) (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

Further reading

“vélo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

love, lové
vole, volé

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