Meanings
noununicycle (plural unicycles)
plural unicycles
- cyclingA pedal cycle that only has one wheel.
A man rode past on a unicycle, laughing.
2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 194Synonyms: uni
verbunicycle (third-person singular simple present unicycles, present participle unicycling, simple past and past participle unicycled)
present singular third person unicycles · participle present unicycling · participle past unicycled · past unicycled
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pedal cycle that only has one wheel.
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adjectiveSynonym of unicyclic.
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Origin
Translations
Arabic دَرَّاجَة أُحَادِيَّة
- دَرَّاجَة أُحَادِيَّة (darrāja ʔuḥādiyya)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
Bulgarian едноколе́сен велосипе́д
- едноколе́сен велосипе́д (ednokolésen velosipéd)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
Catalan monocicle
- monocicleone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Chinese Mandarin 獨輪車 /独轮车
- 獨輪車 /独轮车 (dúlúnchē)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
Czech monocykl, jednokolka
- monocyklone-wheeled pedaled cycle
- jednokolkaone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Danish unicykel, ethjulet cykel
- unicykelone-wheeled pedaled cycle
- ethjulet cykelone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Dutch eenwieler
- eenwielerone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Esperanto unuciklo
- unucikloone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Estonian üksratas
- üksratasone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Finnish yksipyöräinen, yksipyöräinen polkupyörä
- yksipyöräinenone-wheeled pedaled cycle
- yksipyöräinen polkupyöräone-wheeled pedaled cycle
French monocycle
- monocycleone-wheeled pedaled cycle
German Einrad, Einrad fahren
- Einradone-wheeled pedaled cycle
- Einrad fahrento travel or move around by unicycle
Hebrew חַד אוֹפַן, חַד־אוֹפַן
- חַד אוֹפַן (khad ófan)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
- חַד־אוֹפַן (khad-ofán)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
Hungarian egykerekű
- egykerekűone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Icelandic einhjól
- einhjólone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Italian monociclo
- monocicloone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Japanese 一輪車, ユニサイクル
- 一輪車 (ichirinsha)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
- ユニサイクル (yunisaikuru)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
Korean 외발자전거
- 외발자전거 (oebaljajeon'geo)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
Lithuanian vienratis, važiuoti vienračiu
- vienratisone-wheeled pedaled cycle
- važiuoti vienračiuto travel or move around by unicycle
Malay ekasikal
- ekasikalone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Norwegian Bokmål etthjulssykkel
- etthjulssykkelone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Polish monocykl, jeździć na monocyklu
- monocyklone-wheeled pedaled cycle
- jeździć na monocykluto travel or move around by unicycle
Portuguese monociclo
- monocicloone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Russian моноци́кл, уници́кл
- моноци́кл (monocíkl)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
- уници́кл (unicíkl)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
- одноколёсный велосипе́д (odnokoljósnyj velosipéd)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
- юниса́йкл (junisájkl)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
Spanish monociclo
- monocicloone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Swedish enhjuling
- enhjulingone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Turkish tekteker
- tektekerone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Ukrainian уніци́кл, моноци́кл
- уніци́кл (unicýkl)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
- моноци́кл (monocýkl)one-wheeled pedaled cycle
Vietnamese xe đạp một bánh
- xe đạp một bánhone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Welsh beic un olwyn
- beic un olwynone-wheeled pedaled cycle
Cite this entry
APA
unicycle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unicycle
MLA
“unicycle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unicycle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unicycle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unicycle.
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