Definition
The practice, sport, or culture of riding bicycles; the advocacy or promotion of bicycles as transportation.
Etymology
From bicycle + -ism (a practice, system, or belief). Emerged in the late 1800s when cycling became an organized sport and social movement.
Kelly Says
The Victorian bicycle craze of the 1880s-90s literally sparked the women's liberation movement—women ditched corsets for split skirts to ride bikes, and suddenly they were traveling alone and unsupervised for the first time; bicyclism was radical.
Translations
BNবাংলা
চক্রযাত্রা
chok-ro-ya-tra
CACatalà
ciclisme
si-kli-sme
CSČeština
cykloturistika
tsi-klo-tu-ri-sti-ka
DEDeutsch
Radfahren
rah-d-fah-ren
ELΕλληνικά
ποδηλασία
po-di-la-sia
ESEspañol
biciclismo
bi-si-kli-smo
FAفارسی
دوچرخه سواری
do-cho-reh sa-va-ri
FISuomi
pyöräily
pyo-ra-i-li
FRFrançais
cyclisme
si-kli-zm
GUGU
સાઇકલિયમ
sa-i-kali-yam
HEעברית
רוכבי אופניים
ro-khei-o-fan-yim
HIहिन्दी
साइकिलवाद
sigh-kee-l-vaad
HUMagyar
kerékpározás
ker-ek-pa-ro-zas
IDBahasa Indonesia
bersepeda
ber-se-pa-da
ITItaliano
ciclismo
chi-kli-smo
JA日本語
サイクリズム
jitensha-rizumu
KO한국어
자전거주의
ja-jeon-geo-ju-i
MSBahasa Melayu
berbasikal
ber-ba-si-kal
MYမြန်မာ
ရန်ကုန်
yan-ku-ngon
NLNederlands
wielrennen
vye-len-ren
PLPolski
rowerowy
ro-ve-ro-vy
PTPortuguês
ciclismo
si-kli-smo
RORomână
ciclism
chi-cli-sm
RUРусский
велоспорт
velo-sport
SVSvenska
cykling
si-kling
SWKiswahili
mzunguko
m-zoo-ngoo-ko
TAதமிழ்
சைக்கிள்
sa-i-kkil
THไทย
การขี่จักรยาน
gaan-khri-chak-ryaan
TLTL
bikisismo
bi-ki-si-smo
TRTürkçe
bisikletçilik
bi-si-ket-chi-lik
UKУкраїнська
велосипедний спорт
velo-si-ped-niy sport
VITiếng Việt
đua xe đạp
dwa xe dap
ZH中文
自行车运动
zìxíngchē yùndòng