vélo
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "velo"
Etymology
Clipping of vélocipède (“velocipede”), which is now obsolete.
Pronunciation
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
Further reading
- “vélo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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