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