penny farthing

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

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ðɪŋ

Noun

A penny farthing

penny farthing (plural penny farthings)

1. 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 or f Finnish: velosipedi (fi) French: grand-bi (fr) m German: Hochrad (de) n

Ido: biciklego (io) Norwegian: Bokmål: veltepetter m, velosiped m 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