How to spell motorcycle

hear itmo·tor·cy·cle/'moʊtər,saɪkəl/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine.

In a sentence: The motorcycle zoomed down the street with a loud vroom.

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Often misspelled as motercycle or motorcyle.

Same family: motorcycling, motorcycled, motorcyclist, motorcycle (noun), bike (verb). If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “motorcycle” comes from combining “motor” (a machine that provides power) and “cycle” (from Greek ‘kyklos,’ meaning circle or wheel). It first appeared in English in the late 1800s when early motor-powered bicycles were invented.

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