cycling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪk(ə)lɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: cy‧cling

Verb

cycling

1. present participle of cycle

Noun

cycling (countable and uncountable, plural cyclings)

1. (uncountable) The activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)

   Synonym: biking

2. (uncountable) The sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.

   In all my years as a cycling fan, I've never seen a breakaway like this.

   Synonym: cycle sport, Synonym: race cycling

3. (countable) Any cyclic action or process

   Synonym: (rare) cyclism

Derived terms

• cycling shorts
• track cycling

 

Translations

The activity of riding bicycles

• Arabic: رُكُوب اَلدَّرَاجَات‎ m (rukūb ad-darājāt)
• Dutch: fietsen (nl)
• German: Radfahren (de) n, Fahrradfahren (de) n
• Japanese: サイクリング (saikuringu)
• Norman: pédal'lie f
• Russian: езда́ на велосипе́де f (jezdá na velosipéde), велоезда́ (ru) f (velojezdá),
• Tajik: дучархаронӣ (dučarxaronī)

The sport of riding and racing bicycles

• Albanian: çiklizmit
• Armenian: Հեծանվավազք (Hecanvavazkʿ)
• Asturian: ciclismu m
• Azerbaijani: bisiklet (az), bisikletle
• Basque: txirrindularitza
• Belarusian: веласпо́рт m (vjelaspórt)
• Catalan: ciclisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自行車運動, 自行车运动 (zìxíngchē yùndòng)

• Czech: cyklistika (cs) f
• Danish: cykling (da) c
• Dutch: wielrennen (nl)
• Esperanto: biciklado
• Estonian: jalgrattasõit
• Finnish: pyöräily (fi), polkupyöräily (fi)
• French: cyclisme (fr)
• Galician: ciclismo (gl) m
• Georgian: ველო (velo)
• German: Radsport (de) n, Radrennen (de) n
• Greek: ποδηλασία (el) f (podilasía)
• Hebrew: אופנאות‎ m (ofananut)
• Hungarian: kerékpározás (hu), kerékpársport
• Icelandic: hjólreiðum m, hjólaíþrótt f
• Indonesian: sepeda (id)
• Irish: rothaíocht m
• Italian: ciclismo (it) m
• Japanese: サイクリング (saikuringu), 自転車競技 (jitensha kyōgi)
• Korean: 사이클링 (saikeulling)
• Latin: cursu m
• Latvian: riteņbraukšana f
• Lithuanian: dviračių sportas m
• Macedonian: велосипеди́зам m (velosipedízam)
• Malay: berbasikal
• Nahuatl: ōmmalacapayīnaliztli n
• Norman: pédal'lie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sykling m or f

  Nynorsk: sykling f

• Polish: kolarstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: ciclismo (pt) m
• Romanian: ciclism (ro) n
• Russian: велосипе́дный спорт m (velosipédnyj sport), велоспо́рт (ru) m (velospórt)
• Scottish Gaelic: rothaidheachd f
• Serbo-Croatian: biciklizam (sh) m
• Slovene: kolesarstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: ciclismo (es) m
• Swahili: baiskeli (sw)
• Swedish: cykling (sv) c, cykelsport (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagbibisikleta
• Tajik: дучархаронӣ (dučarxaronī)
• Turkish: bisiklet (tr)
• Vietnamese: đi xe đạp
• Welsh: beicio (cy) m

Adjective

cycling (not comparable)

1. That undergoes a cyclic motion or process

Further reading

• cycling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia