"penny farthing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-penny farthing.ogg Forms: penny farthings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ðɪŋ Etymology: A reference to the old British coins and the relative sizes of the two wheels. Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Wikipedia link: penny farthing Categories (topical): Bicycle types Synonyms: ordinary Translations (bicycle): 前輪大後輪小的自行車 (Chinese Mandarin), 前轮大后轮小的自行车 (qiánlún dà hòulún xiǎo de zìxíngchē) (Chinese Mandarin), væltepeter (Danish), hoge bi [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), velosipedi (Finnish), grand-bi [masculine] (French), Hochrad [neuter] (German), velocipéd (Hungarian), biciklego (Ido), veltepetter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), velosiped [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bicykl [masculine] (Polish), biciclo [masculine] (Portuguese), velocípedo (Spanish), biciclo [masculine] (Spanish), höghjuling [common-gender] (Swedish), velosipet (Turkish)

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