mountain bike

See also: mountainbike and Mountainbike

English

Alternative forms

• mountainbike

Pronunciation

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Noun

mountain bike (plural mountain bikes)

1. (cycling) A bicycle specially designed for off-road riding, typically with straight, flat handlebars, a heavier frame than road bikes, higher ground clearance, and wider tires, sometimes with knobs on them for greater traction.

   Synonyms: mountain bicycle, MTB, trail bike

   Coordinate term: road bike

Translations

bicycle especially designed for off-road riding

• Arabic: دَرَّاجَة لِلْجِبَال f (darrājat li-l-jibāl)
• Catalan: bicicleta de muntanya f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山地車 / 山地车 (zh) (shāndìchē), 登山車 / 登山车 (zh) (dēngshānchē)

• Czech: horské kolo
• Danish: mountainbike (da) c
• Dutch: mountainbike (nl) m
• Finnish: maastopyörä (fi), krossipyörä
• French: vélo tout terrain (fr) m, VTT (fr) m
• German: Mountainbike (de) n, Geländerad n
• Greek: ποδήλατο βουνού n (podílato vounoú)
• Hungarian: hegyikerékpár
• Irish: rothar sléibhe m
• Italian: mountain bike (it) f, bicicletta da montagna f, bici da montagna f, rampichino (it) m
• Japanese: マウンテンバイク (ja) (maunten baiku)
• Norman: bike à montangne f
• Polish: rower górski (pl) m, góral (pl) m
• Portuguese: bicicleta de montanha (pt) f, mountain bike (pt) f
• Russian: го́рный велосипе́д m (górnyj velosipéd)
• Spanish: bicicleta de montaña f, bicimontaña f
• Swedish: mountainbike (sv) c
• Thai: จักรยานเสือภูเขา
• Turkish: dağ bisikleti (tr)
• Vietnamese: xe đạp leo núi

Further reading

• mountain bike on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English mountain bike.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mawn.temˈbajk/, /mon.temˈbajk/
• Rhymes: -ajk

Noun

mountain bike f (invariable)

1. (cycling) mountain bike (bicycle and sport)

   Synonym: (bicycle only) rampichino

Related terms

• biker

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English mountain bike.

Noun

mountain bike f (plural mountain bikes)

1. mountain bike (bicycle designed for off-road riding)

   Synonym: bicicleta de montanha