tricycle

From French tricycle.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪsɪkəl/, /ˈtɹaɪˌsɪkəl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪsɪkəl
• Hyphenation: tri‧cy‧cle

tricycle (plural tricycles)

2. A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.

   Synonym: trike

   • 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 87:

     [S]o I rode home on my brand new tricycle to find the rest of the family parked in front of the box.

3. (Philippines) An autorickshaw; A motorized cycle rickshaw (usually a roofed motorcycle with sidecar, often available for hire in the manner of a taxi)

   Synonym: (cycle rickshaw) pedicab

tricycle (third-person singular simple present tricycles, present participle tricycling, simple past and past participle tricycled)

1. To ride a tricycle.

   Synonym: trike

   The child tricycled around the driveway until dark.

From tri- +‎ cycle.

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.sikl/

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tricycle m (plural tricycles)

1. tricycle

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