motorcycle B1 Topic:Transportation US /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/ UK /ˈməʊtəˌsaɪkəl/ See IPA manual Freq #4823 Meanings 1 noun A two-wheeled vehicle with an engine and handlebars instead of a steering wheel. He rode his motorcycle along the empty highway. 2 verb To ride a motorcycle. They motorcycled across the mountains together. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a two-wheeled vehicle with... motorbikebike Word family Forms motorcycledmotorcyclesmotorcycling Common collocations motorcycle cop Noun + noun Etymology AI details From motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie. *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Transportation Tools, Machines & Construction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # motorcycle **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈməʊtəˌsaɪkəl/ **Frequency rank:** 4823 ## Meanings 1. A two-wheeled vehicle with an engine and handlebars instead of a steering wheel. 2. To ride a motorcycle. ## Examples - He rode his motorcycle along the empty highway. - They motorcycled across the mountains together. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *kʷel- ## Etymology From motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie. ## AI Etymology Motorcycle comes from motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie. In present-day English its meanings include a two-wheeled vehicle with an engine and handlebars instead of a steering wheel and to ride a motorcycle. ## Topics - Transportation - Tools, Machines & Construction markdown