Meanings
plural tricycles
- PhilippinesAn autorickshaw; A motorized cycle rickshaw (usually a roofed motorcycle with sidecar, often available for hire in the manner of a taxi)
Synonyms: pedicab
present singular third person tricycles · participle present tricycling · participle past tricycled · past tricycled
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.
nounAn autorickshaw; A motorized cycle rickshaw (usually a roofed motorcycle with sidecar, often available for hire in the manner of a taxi)
verbTo ride a tricycle.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchtricycle
- Englishtricycle
From French tricycle. By surface analysis, tri- + cycle.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian трико́лка
- трико́лка (trikólka)cycle with three wheels
Catalan tricicle
- triciclecycle with three wheels
Chinese Cantonese 三輪車 /三轮车
- 三輪車 /三轮车 (saam¹ leon⁴ ce¹)cycle with three wheels
Chinese Mandarin 三輪車 /三轮车, 三輪腳踏車 /三轮脚踏车
- 三輪車 /三轮车 (sānlúnchē)cycle with three wheels
- 三輪腳踏車 /三轮脚踏车 (sānlún jiǎotàchē)cycle with three wheels
- 三輪兒 /三轮儿 (sānlúnr)cycle with three wheels
Czech trojkolka
- trojkolkacycle with three wheels
Dutch driewieler
- driewielercycle with three wheels
Estonian kolmerattaline
- kolmerattalinecycle with three wheels
Finnish kolmipyörä
- kolmipyöräcycle with three wheels
French tricycle
- tricyclecycle with three wheels
German Dreirad
- Dreiradcycle with three wheels
Greek τρίκυκλο
- τρίκυκλο (tríkyklo)cycle with three wheels
Hebrew תְּלַת אוֹפַן
- תְּלַת אוֹפַן (t'lát-ófan)cycle with three wheels
Hindi तिपहिया
- तिपहिया (tiphiyā)cycle with three wheels
Hungarian tricikli
- triciklicycle with three wheels
Indonesian roda tiga
- roda tigacycle with three wheels
Irish trírothach
- trírothachcycle with three wheels
Italian triciclo
- triciclocycle with three wheels
Japanese 三輪車, トライク
- 三輪車 (sanrinsha)cycle with three wheels
- トライク (trike)cycle with three wheels
Korean 세발자전거, 삼륜차
- 세발자전거 (sebaljajeon'geo)cycle with three wheels
- 삼륜차 (samnyuncha)cycle with three wheels
Latin tricyclus, triicyclettus
- tricycluscycle with three wheels
- triicyclettuscycle with three wheels
Latvian tricikls
- triciklscycle with three wheels
Lithuanian triratis, triratukas
- triratiscycle with three wheels
- triratukascycle with three wheels
Norwegian Bokmål trehjulssykkel
- trehjulssykkelcycle with three wheels
Polish trycykl, trycykl
- trycyklcycle with three wheels
- trycyklPhilippine rickshaw
Portuguese triciclo
- triciclocycle with three wheels
Romanian tricicletă, triciclu
- tricicletăcycle with three wheels
- triciclucycle with three wheels
Russian трёхколё́сный велосипе́д, три́цикл
- трёхколё́сный велосипе́д (trjoxkoljósnyj velosipéd)cycle with three wheels
- три́цикл (trícikl)cycle with three wheels
- трайк (trike)cycle with three wheels
Slovak trojkolka
- trojkolkacycle with three wheels
Spanish triciclo, tricicleta
- triciclocycle with three wheels
- tricicletacycle with three wheels
Swedish trehjuling
- trehjulingcycle with three wheels
Tagalog traysikel, trisiklo
- traysikelcycle with three wheels
- trisiklocycle with three wheels
- traysikelPhilippine rickshaw
- trisikloPhilippine rickshaw
Thai สามล้อ
- สามล้อ (sǎam-lɔ́ɔ)cycle with three wheels
Turkish triportör
- triportörcycle with three wheels
Vietnamese xe ba bánh
- xe ba bánhcycle with three wheels
Welsh treisicl, treisigl
- treisiclcycle with three wheels
- treisiglcycle with three wheels
Cite this entry
tricycle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricycle
“tricycle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricycle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tricycle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricycle.
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