biker

biker

See also: Biker

English

Bikers in the US.

Etymology

From bike +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪkɚ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪkə(ɹ)

Noun

biker (plural bikers)

1. A person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles, sometimes a member of a motorcycle club.

   Synonyms: (Australia, some hold that there is a distinction) bikie, motorcyclist

   Coordinate term: trucker

2. (cycling) A cyclist.

Derived terms

• biker bitch
• e-biker
• fat biker
• mountain biker

 

Descendants

• → French: biker, bikeur
• → German: Biker
• → Italian: biker
• → Spanish: biker

Translations

person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles

Arabic: دَرَّاج‎ m (darrāj) Danish: rocker Dutch: motorrijder (nl) m, motorrijdster (nl) f, biker (nl) m Finnish: motoristi (fi) French: motocycliste (fr) m or f, motard (fr) m, motarde (fr) f, biker (fr) m, bikeur (fr) m, bikeuse (fr) f Galician: moteiro m, moteira f German: Biker (de) m, Bikerin (de) f, Rocker (de) m, Rockerin (de) f Greek: μηχανόβιος (el) m (michanóvios), μηχανόβια (el) f (michanóvia) Italian: motociclista (it) m, centauro (it) m Japanese: バイカー (baikā) Korean: 바이커 (baikeo) Maori: kaieke motopaika Romanian: motociclist (ro) m, motociclistă (ro) f, biker (ro) m Russian: мотоцикли́ст (ru) m (motociklíst), ба́йкер (ru) m (bájker) (especially of members of motorcycle clubs) Spanish: motero m, motera f Swedish: knutte (sv) c Ukrainian: ба́йкер m (bájker) Volapük: (♂♀) motorasaikulan, (♂) motorahisaikulan, (♀) motorajisaikulan, (collective ♂♀) motorasaikulanef, (pejorative ♂♀) motoralusaikulan, (pejorative ♂) motorahilusaikulan, (pejorative ♀) motorajilusaikulan, (pejorative, collective ♂♀) motoralusaikulanef Walloon: motård m

person who rides a bicycle — see cyclist

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Italian: (please verify) motociclista (it) m or f (person who rides a motorcycle); (please verify) ciclista (it) m or f

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French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj.kœʁ/

Noun

biker m (plural bikers, feminine bikeuse)

1. biker

   Synonyms: bikeur, motard

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaj.ker/
• Rhymes: -ajker

Noun

biker m or f by sense (invariable)

1. (cycling) mountain biker
2. biker (motorcyclist)

   Synonym: motociclista

Related terms

• mountain bike

Further reading

• biker in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Noun

biker m (plural bikeri)

1. biker

Declension

Declension of biker

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) biker	bikerul	(niște) bikeri	bikerii
genitive/dative	(unui) biker	bikerului	(unor) bikeri	bikerilor
vocative	bikerule		bikerilor

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaikeɾ/ [ˈbai̯.keɾ]
• Rhymes: -aikeɾ

Noun

biker m (plural bikers)

1. biker

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.