cyclist

See also: Cyclist

English

A cyclist (1).

Etymology

From cycle +‎ -ist, 1882.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.klɪst/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

cyclist (plural cyclists)

1. A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.

   Synonyms: (rare) bicyclist, (dated) cycler, (obsolete) wheeler, (dated) wheelman, (dated) wheelwoman, (dated) cycleman, pedaller, biker

   Hyponyms: paracyclist, bicyclist, tricyclist, roadie, downhiller, weight weenie, Lycra lout, road warrior

   • 1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:

     A solitary cyclist was coming towards us. His head was down and his shoulders rounded, as he put every ounce of energy that he possessed on to the pedals. He was flying like a racer.

2. (dated) A motorcyclist.
   • 1966 December 31, “45 Cyclists Fined And Told by Judge: Stay Out of Newark”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Most of the cyclists were members of the Pagans' Motorcycle Club of Washington.

Derived terms

• autocyclist
• non-cyclist
• noncyclist
• pedal cyclist
• track cyclist
• trick cyclist

Related terms

• cycle
• motorcyclist
• unicyclist

Translations

person who rides a cycle

• Arabic: دَرَّاج m (darrāj)
• Armenian: հեծանվորդ (hy) (hecanvord)
• Basque: txirrindulari
• Belarusian: равары́ст m (ravarýst), равары́стка f (ravarýstka), веласіпеды́ст m (vjelasipjedýst), веласіпеды́стка f (vjelasipjedýstka)
• Bulgarian: колоезда́ч (bg) m (koloezdáč), велосипеди́ст (bg) m (velosipedíst)
• Catalan: ciclista (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no exact term exists) 騎自行車的人 / 骑自行车的人 (qí zìxíngchē de rén)

• Czech: cyklista (cs) m, cyklistka (cs) f
• Danish: cyklist (da) c
• Dutch: wielrenner (nl) m, fietser (nl) m, wielrijder (nl) m, wielrenster (nl) f, wielrijdster (nl) f
• Esperanto: biciklisto, ciklisto
• Faroese: súkklari m
• Finnish: pyöräilijä (fi), polkupyöräilijä (fi)
• French: cycliste (fr) m or f
• Galician: ciclista (gl) m or f
• German: Radfahrer (de) m, Fahrradfahrer (de) m, Radler (de) m, Radfahrerin (de) f, Fahrradfahrerin (de) f, Radlerin (de) f, Biker (de) m, Bikerin (de) f, Velofahrer m (Switzerland), Velofahrerin f (Switzerland)
• Greek: ποδηλάτης (el) m (podilátis), ποδηλάτισσα (el) f (podilátissa)
• Hebrew: רוכב אופניים m (rokhev ofnaim), רוכבת אופניים f (rokhevet ofnaim)
• Hungarian: biciklista (hu), kerékpáros (hu)
• Icelandic: hjólreiðamaður m
• Ido: biciklero (io), biciklisto (io)
• Indonesian: pesepeda
• Irish: rothaí m
• Italian: ciclista (it) m or f
• Japanese: サイクリスト (ja) (saikurisuto), チャリダー (charidā), バイクに乗る人 (baiku ni noru hito), バイカー (baikā)
• Korean: 자전거 타는 사람 (jajeon'geo taneun saram), 사이클리스트 (saikeulliseuteu), 자전거 이용자(自轉車利用者) (jajeon'geo iyongja)
• Latvian: riteņbraucējs m, riteņbraucēja f, velosipēdists m, velosipēdiste f
• Lithuanian: dvi̇̀ratininkas m, dvi̇̀ratininkė f
• Luxembourgish: Cyclist m
• Macedonian: велосипеди́ст m (velosipedíst)
• Malay: penunggang basikal
• Maori: kaieke pahikara
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: syklist m

  Nynorsk: syklist m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: دوچَرْخِه‌سَوار (dočarxe-savâr)

• Polish: rowerzysta (pl) m, rowerzystka (pl) f; (in competitive cycling) kolarz (pl) m, kolarka (pl) f; cyklista (pl) m, cyklistka (pl) f (obsolete)
• Portuguese: ciclista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: ciclist (ro) m, ciclistă (ro) f
• Russian: велосипеди́ст (ru) m (velosipedíst), велосипеди́стка (ru) f (velosipedístka)
• Scottish Gaelic: rothaidhe m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бицѝклист m

  Roman: bicìklist (sh) m

• Slovak: cyklista (sk) m, cyklistka (sk) f
• Slovene: kolesar m, kolesarka f
• Spanish: ciclista (es) m or f
• Swedish: cyklist (sv) c
• Tagalog: siklista
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: bisikletçi (tr)
• Ukrainian: велосипеди́ст (uk) m (velosypedýst), велосипеди́стка f (velosypedýstka)
• Volapük: (♂♀) saikulan (vo), (♂) hisaikulan, (♀) jisaikulan
• Walloon: ciclisse m or f
• Welsh: beiciwr (cy) m