pedicab

English

Pedicabs in the Philippines

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛdiˌkæb/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

pedicab (plural pedicabs)

1. A tricycle having a hooded cab to seat paying passengers.
   • 2022 September 7, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: London”, in RAIL, number 965, page 25:

     Southwark: The cause of the fire that seriously disrupted services between London Bridge and Waterloo East on August 17 has been traced to an overheated battery-powered pedicab under the aches [sic: arches] in Union Street.

Synonyms

• becak
• bike cab
• cycle rickshaw
• cyclo
• rickshaw (includes auto rickshaw or tuk-tuk))
• trishaw
• velotaxi

Translations

vehicle

• Bengali: রিকশা (bn) (rikśa)
• Bikol Central: sikadsikad
• Burmese: ဆိုက်ကား (my) (hcuikka:)
• Cebuano: trisikad, potpot
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三輪車 / 三轮车 (zh) (sānlúnchē)

• Finnish: polkupyörätaksi
• French: velotaxi m, cyclo (fr) m
• German: Fahrradrikscha f
• Hindi: साइकिल रिक्शा (sāikil rikśā)
• Hungarian: biciklis riksa
• Indonesian: becak (id)
• Japanese: 自転車タクシー (jitensha takushī), 輪タク (wataku)
• Khmer: ស៊ីក្លូ (siikloo), ត្រីចក្រយាន (trəycakkrɑyiən)
• Korean: 삼륜차 (ko) (samnyuncha)
• Lao: ສາມລໍ້ (sām lǭ), ລົດສາມລໍ້ (lot sām lǭ)
• Malay: beca, becak
• Portuguese: ciclotáxi m
• Russian: велори́кша (ru) m (veloríkša), велотакси́ n (velotaksí), ри́кша (ru) m (ríkša) (generic)
• Spanish: bicitaxi m, tricitaxi m, velotaxi m, pedicab m
• Tagalog: padyak
• Thai: สามล้อ (th) (sǎam-lɔ́ɔ), รถสามล้อ (th) (rót-sǎam-lɔ́ɔ)
• Vietnamese: xích lô (vi) (from "cyclo"), xe xích lô

See also

• tuk-tuk

References

• “pedicab”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.