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MOTOR BICYCLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
OBS

--a light motorcycle resembling a bicycle in design and structure. A bicycle to which a motor for propulsion is attached.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motos et motoneiges
DEF

Motocyclette légère.

OBS

À l'origine, le terme de vélomoteur désignait les bicyclettes munies d'un moteur auxiliaire, qui, de nos jours, sont plus exactement dénommées cyclomoteurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motocicletas y motos de nieve
DEF

Motocicleta ligera, con motor de escasa potencia fiscal.

OBS

Primitivamente el velomotor era una bicicleta (hoy llamada ciclomotor) provista de un motorcito auxiliar, y ese nombre corresponde ahora a motocicletas ligeras con motor de 50 a 125 cm³ de embolada.

OBS

El scooter es una variante de velomotor especialmente estructurado.

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