bicycle helmet

noun

A helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle.

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Meanings

nounbicycle helmet (plural bicycle helmets)

plural bicycle helmets

  1. A helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle.

    Make locking up your bike as routine as strapping on a bicycle helmet.

    1989 (Jul), Dennis Coello, "Lock Up Your Bike", Boys' Life, page 8
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    Mandatory bicycle helmet laws introduced in New Zealand in 1994 also resulted in large increases in helmet use, and reductions in the number of head injuries[…]

    2004, World Health Organization, World Report On Road Traffic Injury Prevention, page 136

    Synonyms: bike helmet

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle.

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bike helmet

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 自行車頭盔 /自行车头盔
  • 自行車頭盔 /自行车头盔 (zìxíngchē tóukuī)helmet worn while riding a bicycle
Danish cykelhjelm
  • cykelhjelmhelmet worn while riding a bicycle
Dutch fietshelm
  • fietshelmhelmet worn while riding a bicycle
Finnish pyöräilykypärä, pyöräkypärä
  • pyöräilykypärähelmet worn while riding a bicycle
  • pyöräkypärähelmet worn while riding a bicycle
French casque de vélo, casque vélo
  • casque de vélohelmet worn while riding a bicycle
  • casque vélohelmet worn while riding a bicycle
Icelandic hjólahjálmur
  • hjólahjálmurhelmet worn while riding a bicycle
Polish kask rowerowy
  • kask rowerowyhelmet worn while riding a bicycle
Russian велосипе́дный шлем, велошле́м
  • велосипе́дный шлем (velosipédnyj šlem)helmet worn while riding a bicycle
  • велошле́м (velošlém)helmet worn while riding a bicycle
Spanish casco de ciclismo
  • casco de ciclismohelmet worn while riding a bicycle
Swedish cykelhjälm
  • cykelhjälmhelmet worn while riding a bicycle
Turkish bisiklet kaskı
  • bisiklet kaskıhelmet worn while riding a bicycle
Cite this entry
APA

bicycle helmet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicycle%20helmet

MLA

“bicycle helmet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicycle%20helmet. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bicycle helmet,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicycle%20helmet.

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