trike

C2+ Topic:Register & Style

US /traɪk/ UK /traɪk/ See IPA manual

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noun
an informal name for a tricycle

She traded her trike for a proper bicycle on her sixth birthday.

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1 noun · an informal name for a... tricyclethree-wheeler

Word family

Related forms tricycle bike

Etymology

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

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# 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

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