biker

See also: Biker

English

Bikers in the US.

Etymology

From bike +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ̯kɚ/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑjkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbajkɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪkə(ɹ)
• Homophone: bichir

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
• nonbiker

 

Descendants

• → French: biker (noun), 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)
• Hebrew: אוֹפַנּוֹעָן m (ofano'án)
• Italian: motociclista (it) m, centauro (it) m
• Japanese: バイカー (baikā)
• Korean: 바이커 (baikeo)
• Macedonian: моторџија m (motordžija)
• 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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

French

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English biker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj.kœʁ/

Noun

biker m (plural bikers, feminine bikeuse)

1. biker

   Synonyms: bikeur, motard

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bike (verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj.ke/

Verb

biker

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to bike (ride a bike)

Conjugation

Conjugation of biker (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	biker
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bikant /baj.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		biké /baj.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bike /ba.jɛk/	bikes /ba.jɛk/	bike /ba.jɛk/	bikons /baj.kɔ̃/	bikez /baj.ke/	bikent /ba.jɛk/
	imperfect	bikais /baj.kɛ/	bikais /baj.kɛ/	bikait /baj.kɛ/	bikions /ba.jə.kjɔ̃/	bikiez /ba.jə.kje/	bikaient /baj.kɛ/
	past historic2	bikai /baj.ke/	bikas /baj.ka/	bika /baj.ka/	bikâmes /baj.kam/	bikâtes /baj.kat/	bikèrent /baj.kɛʁ/
	future	bikerai /ba.jə.k(ə).ʁe/	bikeras /ba.jə.k(ə).ʁa/	bikera /ba.jə.k(ə).ʁa/	bikerons /ba.jə.k(ə).ʁɔ̃/	bikerez /ba.jə.k(ə).ʁe/	bikeront /ba.jə.k(ə).ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bikerais /ba.jə.k(ə).ʁɛ/	bikerais /ba.jə.k(ə).ʁɛ/	bikerait /ba.jə.k(ə).ʁɛ/	bikerions /ba.j(ə).kə.ʁjɔ̃/	bikeriez /ba.j(ə).kə.ʁje/	bikeraient /ba.jə.k(ə).ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	bike /ba.jɛk/	bikes /ba.jɛk/	bike /ba.jɛk/	bikions /ba.jə.kjɔ̃/	bikiez /ba.jə.kje/	bikent /ba.jɛk/
	imperfect2	bikasse /baj.kas/	bikasses /baj.kas/	bikât /baj.ka/	bikassions /baj.ka.sjɔ̃/	bikassiez /baj.ka.sje/	bikassent /baj.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bike /ba.jɛk/	—	bikons /baj.kɔ̃/	bikez /baj.ke/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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

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

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.