Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cycle
nouncycling (countable and uncountable, plural cyclings)
plural cyclings
- uncountableThe activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)
Synonyms: biking
- uncountableThe sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.
In all my years as a cycling fan, I've never seen a breakaway like this.
Synonyms: cycle sport, race cycling
- countableAny cyclic action or process.
The cycling of the water softener in the basement was faintly audible from the kitchen.
adjectivecycling (not comparable)
- not comparableThat undergoes a cyclic motion or process.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)
Similar
nounBicycling.
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nounThe sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.
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Origin
By surface analysis, cycle + -ing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رُكُوب الدَّرَاجَات
- رُكُوب الدَّرَاجَات (rukūb ad-darājāt)the activity of riding bicycles
Basque txirrindularitza
- txirrindularitzathe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Catalan ciclisme
- ciclismethe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Chinese Mandarin 自行車運動 /自行车运动
- 自行車運動 /自行车运动 (zìxíngchē yùndòng)the sport of riding and racing bicycles
Czech cyklistika, cyklistika
- cyklistikathe sport of riding and racing bicycles
- cyklistikathe activity of riding bicycles
Danish cykling
- cyklingthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Dutch wielrennen, fietsen
- wielrennenthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
- fietsenthe activity of riding bicycles
Esperanto biciklado
- bicikladothe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Estonian jalgrattasõit
- jalgrattasõitthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Finnish pyöräily, polkupyöräily
- pyöräilythe sport of riding and racing bicycles
- polkupyöräilythe sport of riding and racing bicycles
French cyclisme
- cyclismethe sport of riding and racing bicycles
German Radsport, Radrennen
- Radsportthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
- Radrennenthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
- Radfahrenthe activity of riding bicycles
- Fahrradfahrenthe activity of riding bicycles
Greek ποδηλασία
- ποδηλασία (podilasía)the sport of riding and racing bicycles
Hungarian kerékpározás, kerékpársport
- kerékpározásthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
- kerékpársportthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Icelandic hjólreiðum, hjólaíþrótt
- hjólreiðumthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
- hjólaíþróttthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Indonesian sepeda
- sepedathe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Irish rothaíocht
- rothaíochtthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Italian ciclismo
- ciclismothe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Japanese サイクリング, 自転車競技
- サイクリング (saikuringu)the sport of riding and racing bicycles
- 自転車競技 (jitensha kyōgi)the sport of riding and racing bicycles
- 自転車利用 (jitensha riyō)the activity of riding bicycles
Korean 사이클링
- 사이클링 (saikeulling)the sport of riding and racing bicycles
Latin cursu
- cursuthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Latvian riteņbraukšana
- riteņbraukšanathe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Lithuanian dviračių sportas
- dviračių sportasthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Malay berbasikal
- berbasikalthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Norwegian Bokmål sykling
- syklingthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Polish kolarstwo
- kolarstwothe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Portuguese ciclismo
- ciclismothe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Romanian ciclism
- ciclismthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Russian велосипе́дный спорт, велоспо́рт
- велосипе́дный спорт (velosipédnyj sport)the sport of riding and racing bicycles
- велоспо́рт (velospórt)the sport of riding and racing bicycles
- езда́ на велосипе́де (jezdá na velosipéde)the activity of riding bicycles
- велоезда́ (velojezdá)the activity of riding bicycles
Scottish Gaelic rothaidheachd
- rothaidheachdthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Spanish ciclismo, ciclismo
- ciclismothe sport of riding and racing bicycles
- ciclismothe activity of riding bicycles
- ciclístico(relational) cycling
- pedalero(relational) cycling
- ciclista(relational) cycling
Swahili baiskeli
- baiskelithe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Swedish cykling, cykelsport
- cyklingthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
- cykelsportthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Tagalog pagbibisikleta
- pagbibisikletathe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Turkish bisiklet, bisiklet sporu
- bisikletthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
- bisiklet sporuthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Vietnamese đi xe đạp
- đi xe đạpthe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Welsh beicio
- beiciothe sport of riding and racing bicycles
Cite this entry
APA
cycling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cycling
MLA
“cycling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cycling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cycling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cycling.
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