See also: Biker

English

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Bikers in the US.

Etymology

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From bike +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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

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Czech

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

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Noun

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biker m anim (female equivalent bikerka, related adjective bikerský)

  1. (cycling) mountain biker

Declension

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Further reading

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  • biker”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
  • biker” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz

French

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Etymology 1

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Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

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Noun

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biker m (plural bikers, feminine bikeuse)

  1. biker
    Synonyms: bikeur, motard

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English bike (verb).

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Verb

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biker

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to bike (ride a bike)
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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

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Noun

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biker m or f by sense (invariable)

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

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Noun

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biker m (plural bikeri)

  1. biker

Declension

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

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Noun

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biker m (plural bikers)

  1. biker

Usage notes

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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.