trike C2+ Topic:Register & Style US /traɪk/ UK /traɪk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an informal name for a tricycle She traded her trike for a proper bicycle on her sixth birthday. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an informal name for a... tricyclethree-wheeler Word family Related forms tricyclebike Etymology AI details A 20th-century informal shortening of tricycle (from Greek tri- 'three' + kyklos 'wheel'), formed by clipping on the model of bike from bicycle. tri Latin kyklos Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Register & Style General Vocabulary External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # trike **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /traɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /traɪk/ ## Meanings 1. an informal name for a tricycle ## Examples - She traded her trike for a proper bicycle on her sixth birthday. ## Synonyms - tricycle - three-wheeler ## Related Forms - tricycle - bike ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tri - Root: kyklos ## Etymology A 20th-century informal shortening of tricycle (from Greek tri- 'three' + kyklos 'wheel'), formed by clipping on the model of bike from bicycle. ## AI Etymology Trike is a 20th-century informal shortening of tricycle (from Greek tri- 'three' + kyklos 'wheel'), formed by clipping on the model of bike from bicycle. Important recorded forms include tri (Ancient Greek) and kyklos (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers an informal name for a tricycle. The wider family includes related words such as tricycle and bike. ## Topics - Register & Style - General Vocabulary markdown