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
• Hungarian: velocipéd (hu)
• Ido: biciklego (io)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: veltepetter m, velosiped (no) m

• Polish: bicykl (pl) m
• Portuguese: biciclo (pt) m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: velocípedo (es), biciclo m
• Swedish: höghjuling (sv) c
• Turkish: velosipet