See also: derailleur

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Noun

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dérailleur (plural dérailleurs)

  1. Alternative spelling of derailleur
    • 1973, Ross R[obert] Olney, Simple Bicycle Repair and Maintenance, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 28:
      Generally the problems in this area will be with the dérailleurs or the chain.
    • 1989 July 27, Günter Look, Régis Sinoquet, Control device for a derailleur-gear for a bicycle[1], US Patent 5,052,242:
      To this effect, the subject of the invention is a control device for a dérailleur-gear for a bicycle, of the type as described previously, characterized in that the cable for actuation of the dérailleur-gear is connected to an actuation stud rotated by the operating hand-lever, and on which are provided the control mechanism and the means for attaching the moveable part of the device to the fixed part of the latter.
    • 1994, Steve M. Matthews, Improve Your Paragraphs, Glencoe, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 242:
      Adjusting a dérailleur may look complicated, but the process is actually simple and can be done by anyone.
    • 2015, Chris Woodford, Atoms Under the Floorboards: The Surprising Science Hidden in Your Home, Bloomsbury Sigma, →ISBN:
      A cunning mechanical gear-shift called a dérailleur allows you to do this as you’re bicycling along, even while the gear wheels and the chain are spinning at speed.

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Etymology

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From dérailler +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.ʁa.jœʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -jœʁ

Noun

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dérailleur m (plural dérailleurs)

  1. derailleur (the mechanism on a bicycle used to move the chain from one sprocket (gear) to another)

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