welocyped

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French vélocipède. First attested in 1868.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛ.lɔˈt͡sɘ.pɛt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɘpɛt
  • Syllabification: we‧lo‧cy‧ped

Noun

welocyped m inan (related adjective welocypedowy)(cycling)

  2. (historical) velocipede (early two-wheeled conveyance)
    Hypernyms: rower < jednoślad < pojazd
    Coordinate terms: monocykl, bicykl, tricykl, kwadrycykl
    • 1868 August 1, “Korrespondencya Gazety Warszawskiéj (Paryż, d[nia]. 25 lipca 1868 r[oku].)”, in Włodek, Tadeusz, Kenig, Józef, Lesznowski, Stanisław, editors, Gazeta Warszawska‎[2], number 169, Warszawa: Włodek, Tadeusz, retrieved 27 December 2025, page 3:
      Dziennikarstwo francuzkie gorączkowo ją [pogłoskę] pochwyciło i jeździ na niéj jak na welocypedzie.
      The French journalism frenetically apprehended it [the hearsay] and is riding it like on a velocipede.
  4. (literary) synonym of rower (“bicycle, bike”) (vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals)
    Synonyms: (literary) bicykl, dwa kółka, (colloquial) pedałowiec, rower
    Hypernyms: jednoślad < pojazd

Declension

Declension of welocyped
singular plural
nominative welocyped welocypedy
genitive welocypedu welocypedów
dative welocypedowi welocypedom
accusative welocyped welocypedy
instrumental welocypedem welocypedami
locative welocypedzie welocypedach
vocative welocypedzie welocypedy

Derived terms

nouns
  • welocypedysta
  • welocypedystka
  • welocypedzista
  • welocypedzistka

References

  1. ^ Włodek, Tadeusz, Kenig, Józef, Lesznowski, Stanisław, editors (1 August 1868), “Korrespondencya Gazety Warszawskiéj (Paryż, d[nia]. 25 lipca 1868 r[oku].)”, in Gazeta Warszawska‎[1] (in Polish), number 169, Warszawa: Włodek, Tadeusz, retrieved 27 December 2025, page 3: “Dziennikarstwo francuzkie gorączkowo ją [pogłoskę] pochwyciło i jeździ na niéj jak na welocypedzie. ― The French journalism frenetically apprehended it [the hearsay] and is riding it like on a velocipede.”

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