Meanings
nounmountain bike (plural mountain bikes)
plural mountain bikes
- cyclingA bicycle specially designed for off-road riding, typically with straight, flat handlebars, a heavier frame than road bikes, higher ground clearance, and wider tires, sometimes with knobs on them for greater traction.
Synonyms: MTB, mountain bicycle, trail bike, ATB, all-terrain bike
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bicycle specially designed for off-road riding, typically with straight, flat handlebars, a heavier frame than road bikes, higher ground clearance, and wider tires, sometimes with knobs on them for greater traction.
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nouna bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country
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all-terrain bikeoff-roader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic دَرَّاجَة لِلْجِبَال
- دَرَّاجَة لِلْجِبَال (darrājat li-l-jibāl)bicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Bulgarian плани́нски велосипе́д
- плани́нски велосипе́д (planínski velosipéd)bicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Catalan bicicleta de muntanya
- bicicleta de muntanyabicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Chinese Mandarin 山地車 /山地车, 登山車 /登山车
- 山地車 /山地车 (shāndìchē)bicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- 登山車 /登山车 (dēngshānchē)bicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Czech horské kolo
- horské kolobicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Danish mountainbike
- mountainbikebicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Dutch mountainbike
- mountainbikebicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Finnish maastopyörä, krossipyörä
- maastopyöräbicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- krossipyöräbicycle especially designed for off-road riding
French vélo tout terrain, VTT
- vélo tout terrainbicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- VTTbicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- vélo de montagnebicycle especially designed for off-road riding
German Mountainbike, Geländerad
- Mountainbikebicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- Geländeradbicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Greek ποδήλατο βουνού
- ποδήλατο βουνού (podílato vounoú)bicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Hungarian hegyikerékpár
- hegyikerékpárbicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Indonesian sepeda gunung
- sepeda gunungbicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Irish rothar sléibhe
- rothar sléibhebicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Italian mountain bike, bicicletta da montagna
- mountain bikebicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- bicicletta da montagnabicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- bici da montagnabicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- rampichinobicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Japanese マウンテンバイク
- マウンテンバイク (maunten baiku)bicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Korean 산악자전거
- 산악자전거 (sanakjajeon'geo)bicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Malay basikal gunung
- basikal gunungbicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Polish rower górski, góral
- rower górskibicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- góralbicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Portuguese bicicleta de montanha, mountain bike
- bicicleta de montanhabicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- mountain bikebicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Russian го́рный велосипе́д
- го́рный велосипе́д (górnyj velosipéd)bicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Slovak horský bicykel
- horský bicykelbicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Spanish bicicleta de montaña, bicimontaña
- bicicleta de montañabicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- bicimontañabicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- mountain bikebicycle especially designed for off-road riding
- bicicleta montañerabicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Swedish mountainbike
- mountainbikebicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Thai จักรยานเสือภูเขา
- จักรยานเสือภูเขาbicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Turkish dağ bisikleti
- dağ bisikletibicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Ukrainian гі́рський велосипе́д
- гі́рський велосипе́д (hírsʹkyj velosypéd)bicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Vietnamese xe đạp leo núi
- xe đạp leo núibicycle especially designed for off-road riding
Cite this entry
APA
mountain bike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20bike
MLA
“mountain bike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20bike. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mountain bike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20bike.
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