penny farthing

See also: penny-farthing

English

WOTD – 15 January 2012

Etymology

A reference to the old British coins and the relative sizes of the two wheels.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ðɪŋ

Noun

A penny farthing

penny farthing (plural penny farthings)

A type of bicycle popular in the 19th century, with the front wheel far larger than the rear one.

Synonyms

ordinary

Translations

bicycle

Chinese:
Mandarin: 前輪大後輪小的自行車, 前轮大后轮小的自行车 (qiánlún dà hòulún xiǎo de zìxíngchē)
Danish: væltepeter (da)
Dutch: hoge bi m, f
Finnish: velosipedi (fi)
French: grand-bi (fr) m
German: Hochrad (de) n

Ido: biciklego (io)
Polish: bicykl (pl) m
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: velocípedo (es)
Swedish: höghjuling (sv) c

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.